How to Transform a Victorian Internal Solid Panel Door into a Victorian Stained Glass Front Door by The Stained Glass Doors Company
There is little difference between a Victorian front door and a Victorian solid paneled internal door in terms In terms of construction and timber used as they are both made using mortice and tennon joints. Wedges were inserted into these joints which allowed for expansion and contraction.
Similarly the solid bottom or top panels would have been floating panels - not fixed or glued to allow expansion and contraction.
There would have been a 3-5mm expansion gap around each panel not so much on the top or bottom of the panel but to either side (widthways) which would avoid the splitting of panels during expansion or contraction.
