Build A Pocket Door Frame

Frame the rough opening.

Build a pocket door frame.

Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 6 8 high doors. Ohhh the pocket door. You ll also need a converging door connector kit. For 4 5 8 inch walls 2 in.

Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs. Be careful not to damage the wall. 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. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom.

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. Cut and remove crown and base molding where you want to build the dividing wall. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. If you want to build a double pocket door frame you ll need two 2 single pocket door kits.

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. These are the measurements for the rough opening required for a pocket door frame either in a kit or pre assembled. Cut the nails joining the studs to the soleplate the piece of framing which runs along the bottom of the wall. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve.

Cut away the studs making enough room for the pocket door s framing.