Mount the pocket door.
Change standard door to pocket door.
The pocket door track is a metal channel with wooden nailing strips on each side.
Putting the door in the wall frees up the usual swing path area of the standard door and allows the wall usually hidden by a swing door to be used as a part of the rest of the room.
The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.
This means taking down the old swinging door removing the jamb and disassembling the wall framing.
Installing a pocket door is 2 to 5 times more expensive than installing a standard pre hung interior style.
Learn how to install a pocket door in an existing doorway and wall.
Remove strike side jamb cut out steel track above.
Step 2 move door to the fully closed position and remove it from the upper track by pushing the bottom of the door out then lifting up until the rollers detach from the metal track at the top.
This demonstration is for non structural walls only.
For weight bearing walls additional.
Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom.
Refill the cracks dry repeating as necessary and then sand until smooth.
Finally we painted the door and cut a new opening for the pocket door latch.
Cut the existing door out of frame.
Carefully cut drywall and pocket door frame to allow a 2x4 stiffener on hinge side of the new door.
To hang a pocket door you need a rough opening that is twice as wide as the door itself.
Replacing a regular swing door with a sliding or pocket door is an efficient way to take full advantage of more room area.
For our door it was 39 1 4.
The channel is marked for various door widths so it s easy to cut it to the right length.
A pocket door is a sliding door that disappears into the wall when open.
Slide the door fully into the pocket opening and remove the wood casing and door stop on both sides and top of the jamb.
Bypass doors require twice the width of an ordinary door so you will need to enlarge the door opening unless you are replacing double doors.
Remove molding from around existing pocket door.
They use no floor or wall space and add an architectural flair to a home.