Gazed internal doors

guby

Hi, renovating the downstairs of our house at present and trying to bring in light wherever possible. Some rooms get very little sun. Thinking of putting glazed (but not clear glass) oak internal doors, shaker style on sitting room and kitchen. Has anyone got doors like this? I've seen them in the suppliers and they look fine but would appreciate hearing from someone who has them in their house. I was thinking of just having about an inch of clear glass around the border of the glazed section. Does the light shine through them?

I am also thinking of getting another 2 fully glazed doors, same as above, for a downstairs bathroom and utility room as they are very dark rooms.

any advice much appreciated.

firlodge

I have used these doors numerous times & they are fine.
If you want to bring more light in, use the white doors not oak.
I wood not put glazed doors (even with obscure glass) for the WC as they will not give full privacy when lights are on.

Using glazed doors with the clear line around does not effect the amount of light coming through but does effect the ambience so don't mix & match.

guby

Thanks Firlodge especially for the tip about a glazed door on the WC, could be embarrassing. I don't want to buy white doors as I am looking for easy maintenance but agree that they would look brighter. What do you think it would look like if I had 2 doors opening off opposite sides of a square hallway -1 fully glazed and one solid, both shaker style. The "door man" said no but I'm inclined to think why not?


regards, Guby

galljga1

Yeah, why not. I have a mixture of solid oak and glazed, light panels in wall and above doors at it looks fine.

firlodge

Hi Guby
No problem with your proposal about solid & glazed doors - it's done all the time & works fine.

If you went for pre finished white doors there is less maintenance- just sayin'!

guby

Thanks Galljga1, appreciated.

guby

Hi Firlodge,

Point taken but we have a big dog who leaves big mucky streaks everywhere. I'm gonna go with mixed glazed and solid and thanks for advice.