Finding Studs Above Sliding Glass Door

Find wall studs above and below doors and windows.

Finding studs above sliding glass door.

When hunting for wall studs usually the goal is vertical studs. Step 2 prepare. How can i find the stud in the wall above the glass sliding door in the living room. Initiate the scan 8 adjacent to the doo opening and move the tool to above the door.

Well this is later and i decided to use the glass to make sliding barn doors for the master closet. But there are also horizontal framing members located above and below door and window openings. They fit into tighter spaces than our hinged doors because their panels don t interfere with your room or patio. You may have to move your wholes up just a bit because there will be a slight gap just above your door.

An edge finding model signals when it senses the end of open space behind the wall and the edge of a dense object such as a stud. Above windows and doors are doubled up studs called headers. Find the center point and make a pencil mark 4 inches above the top of the door frame. Measure 2 inches out from each side of the sliding doors 4 inches from the top of the frame.

Keep knocking but move across a smaller area. Hold the stud finder against the wall and move it along the surface at the installation height of the fastener. Step 1 find a sliding door location. Vinyl sliding glass doors are a great solution for either replacement patio doors or new construction.

You should be able to find the edges of the stud so that you have a range for where to put your nail. Mark the spots. If you don t already have some glass to repurpose head to your local habitat restore and you can find old patio doors for fairly cheap. If this is an exterior door there s likely a solid header above.

Place a mark on the wall for the dimensions. Here are our old glass panels tucked. Also called sliding glass doors these doors are designed to glide horizontally with one operating panel and one stationary panel. Mark the location on painter s tape.

Sliding doors work well in tight spaces or situations where your furniture is close to the door whereas swing doors need the area clear for the door to open to the inside or exterior. Decide on where the sliding door will be. 1 vinyl sliding glass doors. A few years ago we replaced our french patio doors and being the crafter i am i saved the glass to be used later.

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