Build A Pocket Door Frame

Cut and remove crown and base molding where you want to build the dividing wall.

Build a pocket door frame. Ohhh the pocket door. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Eclisse pocket door system steel frame kit for 28 x 80 doors. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve.

You ll also need a converging door connector kit. For 4 5 8 inch walls 2 in. Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 6 8 high doors. These are the measurements for the rough opening required for a pocket door frame either in a kit or pre assembled.

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. Be careful not to damage the wall. Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs. If you want to build a double pocket door frame you ll need two 2 single pocket door kits.

Frame the rough opening. 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. If your door is 80 high standard size construct a rough opening of a header and two studs at a minimum height of 84 1 2. Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 8 high doors.

The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.