ADD A GLASS PANE TO A WOOD DOOR

Hi, Remodelaholic readers! I’m Charlotte from Ciburbanity (city+suburb+sanity) and am SO excited to be talking doors with you. . (Don’t worry… I’ll make this a super exciting door talk.)

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How to Add a Glass Pane to a Wood Door by Charlotte from Ciburbanity

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I googled around and realized that replacing a wood-paneled door with glass panels was do-able. Off to the salvage yard I found a paneled door for $75 and brought her home with me.

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Paneled doors are made in one of two ways. Either it’s a separate panel held in place by the trim on either side OR the two sides of the door are routed and then build around the panels.

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You can see the edging actually cracked away from the wood above so My edges were one solid piece of wood (that’s the trim area cracking above) so I had to use my Dremel to actually cut the panel out.

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I then cut away one side of the trim. The glass will rest on the remaining edge, and new molding will get caulked and nailed in place to secure it.

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We have a local glass place who worked with me on this and sourced EXACTLY the type of glass I was looking for: think vintage high school gymnasium. The glass has that chicken wire insert with the frosted surface.

Swipe Up

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BUILDING A FROSTED GLASS PANE DOOR

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