Next to the front door we are building a sidelight with a fixed upper unit and an operable lower unit. I was not sure how to glaze in this unit until Todd over at Walker and Laberge showed me this gasket material. It's basically a rubber boot for the glazing unit that seals it to the frame. (In our case a Douglas Fir wood frame.) We are using a standard piano hinge that will hold the frame about 1/8" off the outer frame. This will give us just enough room for a weather seal all the way around the unit.
We held the gasket to the glazing unit with tape until the frame was on. Afterwards, we cut the tape out with a razor knife. 
After the door and sidelight frame was in we built the return wall on the right side of the porch. The return is about 14" deep and will eventually have a bench in it. This is where we will leave our dirty boots when we no longer live in a construction site. The sidelight will be finished later once we figure out what type of latch to use on the operable unit.
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