Few of us live in homes with solid wood doors.
How to put a window in a solid wood door.
Once one side is secured flip the door over and lay a bead of caulk around the inside of the moulding.
Glue the molding or nail it into place on one side of the door.
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Measure and use a straightedge and masking tape to lay out the outside dimensions of the desired window on the door.
The door is only 1 3 4 think and you have a lot of pieces that need to fit within that thickness for this to work.
Hollow core doors do the job on a budget but they aren t always er beautiful.
A little trick set a screw on each end of the board before putting it in the door that way if it slips to far into the door you can use the screws to make adjustments.
If your door is solid wood you ll need to take it down and cut a panel the size of the window you want to install.
A piece of quarter round trim on the outside then the window then another piece of quarter round on the inside.
Then just back the screw out when you have finished clamping.
The process will be easier if your door has wooden panels as you can simply remove the wood panel and use it to serve as the window pane.