Make sure you measure to the framing right next to the old door jamb.
Studs around sliding glass door.
But there are also horizontal framing members located above and below door and window openings.
You may have to cut away overhanging drywall to get at it.
Pull off the interior trim around the old door and measure the rough opening width distance between studs and height floor to beam.
When hunting for wall studs usually the goal is vertical studs.
If you measure 1 3 4 2 from the inside of the door frame there should be a stud running vertically to the ceiling.
Sometimes these are two by six studs turned on edge.
How to hang curtains over sliding glass doors.
Initiate the scan 8 adjacent to the doo opening and move the tool to above the door.
If this is an exterior door there s likely a solid header above.
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.
Above windows and doors are doubled up studs called headers.
The studs that surround the door frame will extend to the top plate top of wall.