Studs Around Sliding Glass Door

There is typically around 1 2 of dead space between the wood of the door frame and the actual stud.

Studs around sliding glass door.

You may have to cut away overhanging drywall to get at it. But there are also horizontal framing members located above and below door and window openings. When hunting for wall studs usually the goal is vertical studs. Find wall studs above and below doors and windows.

Above windows and doors are doubled up studs called headers. 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. Pull off the interior trim around the old door and measure the rough opening width distance between studs and height floor to beam. 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.

How to hang curtains over sliding glass doors. If this is an exterior door there s likely a solid header above. Make sure you measure to the framing right next to the old door jamb. Initiate the scan 8 adjacent to the doo opening and move the tool to above the door.