Installing A Pocket Door In A Load Bearing Wall

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Installing a pocket door in a load bearing wall. I also would like to enlarge the opening for this pocket door. The project includes assessing and taking out a section of a load bearing wall a pocket door building framing a wall installing double french doors and semi custom built ins. I am told that i can but. For part one you ll watch me demo do some light electrical work build a quick temporary wall install a load bearing header and install a pocket door.

Find out whether or not you can put a pocket door into a load bearing wall. Creating the opening for the new header may require temporary ceiling support while the header. I hate pocket doors so not a lot of experience with them but i would do that before doubling up a wall. It s a short and simple process but the end result is phenomenal.

Jackie in kansas you ve got the money. Inserting a door or window in a load bearing wall can be a tricky situation but not an impossible one. I would like to put a pocket door in a load bearing wall. I was wondering if this was an obvious do or don t.

The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. I provide my plans to install a pass through window on a load bearing wall after discovering hardware for a pocket door spanned into the window location. In today s episode we are installing a pocket door frame into our pantry entrance. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom.

The reason why this project is so difficult is due to the potential danger a load bearing wall supports the structure so its absence through accidental destruction could lead to the room or entire house collapsing.