Putting glass panels into internal victorian door, anyone done it?

[minkah]

I'd like to get more light into the landing. Thinking if removing the two upper panels of the door and replacing it with (frosted?) glass. I suppose a. Local glazier would do it?

Anyone done this, if so, how did it go? How much did it cost? Are you pleased?

I would have said Joiner. Haven't done it myself but can't think it's too tricky. Saw out old panel/s, nail in beading, putty/toughened glass/putty and finish with beading on other side then paint/varnish.

Is the door original/old? If not it might be cheaper to buy a new door that already has glass panels and replace.

if the door's a standard sort of size, I'd look into replacing it with an original half glazed one.

historic doors this site has a few half glazed doors for sale

they might even take your existing door in part exch, you never know!

We did it a few years ago - technically we bought the door, as we were a door short, but we bought a reclaimed one, then the guy we bought it from replaced the top two panels with reinforced glass. It's the door between the kitchen and the dining room (two up, two down, small house, no hall!) and it makes a big difference to how much light there is in the dining room, particularly before the sun has swung round as far as thw dining room window.

Local glazier was more than happy to do this for us - can't remember the quote, but we actually found it wasn't necessary once we found a suitable door for the room in question - wasn't as dark as we thought.