How To Install A Wood Pocket Door Frame

To install a pocket door start by removing the existing door and the drywall on one side of the wall.

How to install a wood pocket door frame.

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. A f pocket door frame systems are designed to offer maximum space efficiency because traditional swing doors use valuable floor space. Take out the section of drywall which is above the door in order to frame the new header.

Materials and tools for pocket door frame installation. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing. Existing door or premade pocket door. 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. A f pocket door frames are made from select lumber our own roll formed steel and the highest quality track and hardware. Prebuilt to save time and labor in the field with quick and easy installation. 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. Pocket doors can be used in many applications including entryways room to room closets bathrooms and anywhere space is at a premium. Finish the joints with drywall tape and several coats of drywall compound. Pocket door handle plug and or lock.

Remove the door and then install drywall over the door pocket using construction adhesive and 1 inch drywall screws. Blast from the past. Next install the slider track using the rails that came in your pocket door kit. 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. 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.