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Just wanted to share one of the many projects from a recent renovation. For those interested in adding a sliding glass door to an existing structure this is more or less what we did. 

The existing door. Very much in the corner and restricting where a table could be located in the kitchen. So to improve both lighting and flow through the kitchen, we went with the patio door because it effectively moved the door 36 inches to the right.

Step 1: Carefully remove drywall inside. The left of the door frame already has a jack stud and a king stud. So we cut to the rough opening required by the door plus 3 inches (for jack and king). You can see that the insulation job (blown in from the outside some years back) left some to be desired.

Vacuum all of that out and bag it up (can be re-used in the attic):

Now do the same from the outside with the sawsall and reframe:

I went back with the circular saw after it was framed to clean up the cut:

Framed out the new step: no rebar pictured but you can see the holes that I drilled for 1/2" sticks.

Finally, pour your step addition and have a beer:

Budget: