Measure from the floor to the underside of the trim at the top of the door.
How to measure french doors.
The most important part of installing a french door is measuring the radius of the swing.
Looking at the interior of your french patio doors measure the width.
When measuring for entry and interior doors you ll need three measurements.
So if each door measures 30 inches wide the width of the rough opening should be 62 inches.
Measure the height and width of the french door windows.
Remove any trim remaining in the opening from the previous door with a pry bar.
To get the total width multiply the width of each door by 2 and add 2 inches.
Measure the width of the opening stud to stud in 3 places the top middle and bottom and record the smallest measurement.
Start at the center just as we would do for sliding patio doors and measure horizontally from one end of the panel to the other.
The opening direction of.
Accuracy is very important.
Measuring measure full width of opening from jamb exterior trim where storm doors will attach to the trim.
Lift and remove the threshold from the bottom of the opening.
The rough opening is typically about 1 1 2 wider than the unit size and about a 1 taller.
To correctly determine the size of a rough opening for double or french doors measure the size of each door.
As an example you would round up a measurement of 79 5 inches to 80 inches.
Double doors extra in width for t astragal.
If the figures from the lower.
Purchase door curtain panels that equal one and one half times the window width so you can gather the material when you hang it.
You can use it to fill in the measured values later.
Measuring the dimension of french doors in old buildings draw a sketch of the respective component.
Measure the width and height of your old door and round this number up to full inches.
Measure full height of opening from head exterior trim to threshold where storm doors will attach.
The next thing to check is the jamb depth of the opening and plan to purchase a door that will fit inside that depth.
First measure the inside width from the lower and upper sections of the doorframe.
To measure for the height of the hinged french patio doors extend your tape measure vertically from one end of the door panel to the other.
Compare your dimensions with the standard french storm door opening size guide.
Make sure there are no furnishings planned for the area within the door s swing path.
How to measure a rough opening for replacing french doors 1.
Use the smallest figure as your measurement.
Measure the width of the door in 3 locations.
Measure the height of the door right in the middle.