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How to measure opening for sliding door.
The manufacture makes the door a half inch smaller both horizontal and vertical to fit the opening.
And it s not rocket science to put it in.
How to measure for a door rough opening measurement to ensure accurate measurements first remove the interior casing on the sides and top of your single or double door to reveal rough opening frame.
If your sliding screen doors are missing determine width by measuring from inside of side jamb to center of stile on opposite side just short of where the stationary glass begins.
Cut away all the old silicone and paint attached to the door.
This measurement is the width.
Insert a utility knife around the door frame and break the silicone seal.
How to size a sliding closet door.
Measurement a measure from inside the face of one stud to the inside of the face of the other stud.
Sheetrocked opening no trim or casing width.
How to measure for replacement sliding glass patio doors.
The height is determined by measuring at the top of the bottom track the center and the bottom.
For the height measure from the top of the bottom track into the top u channel see the diagrams below.
Do this across the bottom middle and top.
Measure across the bottom of the door s.
In this example the opening width is 32 4.
Add 4 to the measurement and you have your recommended door width.
The smallest of the three measurements is the correct height.
Measure the left vertical height of the closet door opening.
Measure horizontally across the top of the opening just below the doorframe.
Remove the slider door trim with a crowbar.
If the doorway has moldings measure from outside edge to outside edge to determine the proper door width add about 4 to 6 inches to your measurement.
Measure the door starting at the inside of the side jamb and extend the tape measure to the center stile at the opposite end.
Total door width will be 36.
Measure the height of the door opening on the right side as well.
Using a tape measure begin at the left edge of the opening and measure straight across to the right edge.
Then you will want to measure the height of the doors as well again do three measurements one from top to bottom on the left one in the middle and one on the right.
Measure from inside to inside of the opening.
So a 60 by 80 door is actually 59 5 x 79 5.
Ideally the door will cover 2 to 3 inches beyond the opening on each side.