I need to replace a glass door with a wall and frame a window. Are there any how to plans out there to use?How do I replace a sliding glass door with a window?I'm assuming that this is for a patio door. When was your house built? That will determine if you need a size for new construction or retro-fit. If you want to replace the doors AND the frame, you can order the unit prehung (go to Lowe's or Home Depot. You can get a quality product for a good price) and get a contractor to do the actual installation. The contractor would then determine the RO (rough opening). For instance, if you have two 3' x 6'8%26quot; panels (6' X 6'8%26quot; total, which is standard size), your rough opening would probably need to be about 741/2%26quot; width x 81 1/2%26quot; height. That would leave room for the contractor to shim the doors before the brick is put back in place.
I hope that this helps.How do I replace a sliding glass door with a window?First you need to decide the size %26amp; type of window you plan to install prior to building a frame and closing in the wall. Do you want a double hung, casement, glider type window, etc. Once you determine that, then what size. Go to your lumber yard or home center with that window size to get the size of the rough opening you will need. Fortunately since you already have a door in place then the old opening already has a header installed and framing will be easier. Good luckHow do I replace a sliding glass door with a window?First things first, decide what size window you want to put in placement of the door, Being in construction as a rough framer for the past 15 years i can tell you this, if you want to put in say a 3foot by 4 foot window the first number is the width and the second number is the height, once you have decided what size you want then you have to decide if you want to center the window in the opening you all ready have or hold it off to one side or the other, once you have decided where you are going to locate it then comes the time to frame it in, now back to the number that i had mentioned before, if you bought a 3 x 4 window then you would frame the opening at 3 foot wide by 4 feet tall i know it sounds weird but the windows actually come out smaller than you think, it allows a 1/2 inch on either side to allow for shimming and leveling the window then when you put up drywall it can go back to meet the window, there is some books at home depot and Lowe's that can show you a better detail of how it all goes together, now what i have described above ,is what we deal with everyday is for standard vinyl windows, i hope this will help you and good luck with your project.
