Used in early new england as a way to let light in while keeping children close the style works equally well for a modern day kids room.
Split wood door.
Dutch doors also called double hung doors or half doors are divided in half horizontally so the bottom half can remain shut while the top half opens.
A common problem with older wood doors is split panels.
Split jamb prehung doors work well in situations where the rough frame is wider than a standard opening.
Jeld wen dutch hemlock 6 panel unfinished wood prehung front door with primed white auralast jamb and brickmold 900 00 1 014 00.
Simply choose a door design that fits your architecture and your authorized dealer will make sure the dutch cut on your door is the best fit for your application.
Finishing touches we stained the ledge on the bottom half to match the glass trim pieces and also re positioned a small piece of hardware that was on the door when we first picked it up.
If you are working with a hollow core door instead of solid wood read how to install a glass window in a hollow core door dutch door step 6.
Simpson can turn almost any door into a dutch door as long as it has solid wood across the area to be dutched like a flush door or an intermediate rail.