Build A Pocket Door Frame

Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 8 high doors.

Build a pocket door frame.

Eclisse pocket door system steel frame kit for 28 x 80 doors. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Cut the nails joining the studs to the soleplate the piece of framing which runs along the bottom of the wall. If you want to build a double pocket door frame you ll need two 2 single pocket door kits.

Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 6 8 high doors. For 4 5 8 inch walls 2 in. You ll also need a converging door connector kit. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.

Cut away the studs making enough room for the pocket door s framing. 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. Frame the rough opening. Cut and remove crown and base molding where you want to build the dividing wall.

Ohhh the pocket door. 4 x research source. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve. 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.

Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs.