Studs Around Sliding Glass Door

Initiate the scan 8 adjacent to the doo opening and move the tool to above the door.

Studs around sliding glass door.

How to hang curtains over sliding glass doors. Sliding glass doors give you easy access to fresh air and sunshine but they can also let a little too much of those golden rays shine inside. If you measure 1 3 4 2 from the inside of the door frame there should be a stud running vertically to the ceiling. Pull off the interior trim around the old door and measure the rough opening width distance between studs and height floor to beam.

The studs that surround the door frame will extend to the top plate top of wall. Sometimes these are two by six studs turned on edge. Above windows and doors are doubled up studs called headers. Find wall studs above and below doors and windows.

But there are also horizontal framing members located above and below door and window openings. Make sure you measure to the framing right next to the old door jamb. There is typically around 1 2 of dead space between the wood of the door frame and the actual stud. If you re using a zircon or similar studfinder and initiate the scan with the tool held above the door it will register no density change and indicate a no stud condition.