Studs Around Sliding Glass Door

How to hang curtains over sliding glass doors.

Studs around sliding glass door.

Sometimes these are two by six studs turned on edge. 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.

There is typically around 1 2 of dead space between the wood of the door frame and the actual stud. Pull off the interior trim around the old door and measure the rough opening width distance between studs and height floor to beam. If you measure 1 3 4 2 from the inside of the door frame there should be a stud running vertically to the ceiling. But there are also horizontal framing members located above and below door and window openings.

The studs that surround the door frame will extend to the top plate top of wall. You may have to cut away overhanging drywall to get at it. 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. When hunting for wall studs usually the goal is vertical studs.