New Glass Insert Designs

New designs for our doors and all available in glass inserts.

8 ft double doors with sidelites

Here is an entrance door we recently did in Chicago. Simple door design with two sidelites.

recent work

This is a leaded glass sidelite, part of a larger entryway. I did the design and my father fabricated the window. 

This is a new leaded glass door. The door is made of black walnut, the center is made up of all clear glass, rondels, heavy and weak seedy.

leading 2 sidelites

These two sidelites are part of a 8 foot double door entryway going to Chicago. A real monster entryway. The glass is made up of rondels, heavy and weak seedy.

installing glass into door

Many times clients, contractors, architects want to know how the glass is installed in the door. For many of the designs seen on the website the art glass is installed up against the tempered insulation glass facing the inside. Here is how we do it. 

We start with a door I get from one of several suppliers. I get the door with no glass. 

I also get a double pane of tempered insulation glass. This is what provides all the insulation and protection from the outside. This panel is 7/16" thick.

After applying a sealer on the exposed wooden back stop I run a bead of caulk around the edge. This will seal the unit from the outside elements.

I place the double pane of tempered clear glass up against the caulked back stop. 

Then we put the art glass up against the tempered unit. This is facing the inside of the door. The art glass is exposed to the inside of the home or building.

The last step is putting the inside stops up against the art glass to keep everything in place. 

New Door Design

Sometimes a client pushes you into a new direction. Two months ago I got a call from a client in California who wanted a door, but not one currently listed on the kuhldoors website. He had seen a door in the gallery but wanted it turned into one panel. We went through the Simpson Doors door selection to pick a door and vala we have a new design.

Not a great picture but you get the idea. Not bad.