Installing A Pocket Door Frame

In some older homes a sliding pocket door was used to create privacy and separate a living room from a parlor or dining room.

Installing a pocket door frame. Carpentry 101 pocket door frame basics. Next install the slider track using the rails that came in your pocket door kit. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Once the frame is in place it s time for the pocket door installation.

These kits make installing a pocket door super easy. Be sure to purchase a high quality pocket door frame with durable hardware. If needed use a hand saw to cut the track that came with your pocket door hardware so that it s 1 8 inch shorter than the opening. How to install a pocket door.

A pocket door slides into a metal and wood cage that is installed as the walls are framed. Install the track according to the thickness of the header. Installing a pocket door is not quite as fast a project as installing a sliding barn door on the exterior of the wall but like we mentioned last week we really love it for the sleek space saving benefits especially in an already narrow hallway every inch counts extra privacy and it still gives us that bit of hallway wall space to decorate. You just have to frame the rough opening in your wall.

I m using a pocket door kit from johnson hardware for a 36 door. This project starts after preparation of the pocket door site has been completed drywall has been removed studs plates and sills have been removed and electrical and plumbing issues have been handled. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing.