How To Install A Wood Pocket Door Frame

The sturdy construction of our pocket walls are reinforced with steel stiffeners and choices in hardware make the installation of pocket doors easy.

How to install a wood pocket door frame.

Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Be sure to screw the brackets into the studs. We installed a pocket door back in our park house in texas way back in 2012. Next install the slider track using the rails that came in your pocket door kit.

Pocket door handle plug and or lock. 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. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing.

Finish the joints with drywall tape and several coats of drywall compound. 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. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. Remove the door and then install drywall over the door pocket using construction adhesive and 1 inch drywall screws.

Existing door or premade pocket door. Pocket doors can be used in many applications including entryways room to room closets bathrooms and anywhere space is at a premium. To install a pocket door start by removing the existing door and the drywall on one side of the wall. See that photo tutorial here and more of the half bath projects here.

Use a section of 2 by 4 5 08 by 10 16cm as the new header. Reinstall the door and then install the door guides on the inside and outside of the door at the mouth of the pocket. Blast from the past. Materials and tools for pocket door frame installation.

A f pocket door frame systems are designed to offer maximum space efficiency because traditional swing doors use valuable floor space. A f pocket door frames are made from select lumber our own roll formed steel and the highest quality track and hardware.