How To Install A Wood Pocket Door Frame

We installed a pocket door back in our park house in texas way back in 2012.

How to install a wood pocket door frame.

Install the pocket door frame measure up from the floor 80 inches leaving anywhere from inches to 1 inches clearance under the door. Pocket door handle plug and or lock. To install a pocket door start by removing the existing door and the drywall on one side of the wall. Existing door or premade pocket door.

Prebuilt to save time and labor in the field with quick and easy installation. Take out the section of drywall which is above the door in order to frame the new header. A f pocket door frames are made from select lumber our own roll formed steel and the highest quality track and hardware. Remove the door and then install drywall over the door pocket using construction adhesive and 1 inch drywall screws.

See that photo tutorial here and more of the half bath projects here. Materials and tools for pocket door frame installation. Be sure to screw the brackets into the studs. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom.

Next install the slider track using the rails that came in your pocket door kit. Use a section of 2 by 4 5 08 by 10 16cm as the new header. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. Use a stud finder to locate and mark the stud locations then hammer a nail on the center leaving roughly 1 8 inch sticking out.

Reinstall the door and then install the door guides on the inside and outside of the door at the mouth of the pocket. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing. This will need to be 1 inch 2 54 cm more than twice the length of the pre existing header since it will need to span the distance of the entire rough opening. Then put the hardware and door into the slider track.

The sturdy construction of our pocket walls are reinforced with steel stiffeners and choices in hardware make the installation of pocket doors easy. Pocket doors can be used in many applications including entryways room to room closets bathrooms and anywhere space is at a premium.