How Do You Make A Pocket Door Frame

Using 2 4 studs frame a new rough opening to fit the dimensions for the door jamb indicated by the manufacturer of the pocket door kit.

How do you make a pocket door frame.

Note that any load bearing wall will need the ceiling above it to be adequately supported during remodeling and a new load bearing 2x header must be constructed above the rough opening. Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve. If possible have someone help you mount the pocket door.

Glue and screw together the 2 by 4s to build a pony wall a smaller non load bearing wall for hanging the track for the pocket doors. There is a. You ll find a pocket door frame hardware system for doors 11 8 inches to 13 4inches thick by 6 feet 8 inches high. You can determine this by the wall s placement in the house.

Ohhh the pocket door. Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs. Determine whether or not the wall you ve chosen for pocket door installation is a good candidate. The wall needs to be wide enough to accommodate twice the door s width plus 1 inch 2 54cm.

Frame the rough opening. You ll also need to know whether or not the wall is load bearing. Make sure the frame is level. 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.

If you follow me on instagram you might remember a few posts about installing the pocket door it was the very first diy project we did in the new house i talked about the pocket door in this post about our living room finally looking like a living room 2 1 2 months after we moved in. Once the frame is in place it s time for the pocket door installation.