How Do You Make A Pocket Door Frame

You ll also need to know whether or not the wall is load bearing.

How do you make a pocket door frame.

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. Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs. Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists. Make sure the frame is level.

Install the track according to the thickness of the header. There is a. You can determine this by the wall s placement in the house. 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.

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. You ll find a pocket door frame hardware system for doors 11 8 inches to 13 4inches thick by 6 feet 8 inches high. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve. The wall needs to be wide enough to accommodate twice the door s width plus 1 inch 2 54cm.

Ohhh the pocket door. The hardware is an improvement over the old fashioned door in the wall because it can t stick or come off its track. 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. Frame the rough opening.

Once the frame is in place it s time for the pocket door installation. Determine whether or not the wall you ve chosen for pocket door installation is a good candidate.