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.

4 x research source. Be careful not to damage the wall. Let me start at the beginning our new house is much larger than anywhere else we ve. Our old door measured 78 1 2 so we lowered the header by 1 1 2 cutting the bottom ends of the split jambs.

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. You ll also need a converging door connector kit. Ohhh the pocket door.

Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 6 8 high doors. Eclisse pocket door system steel frame kit for 28 x 80 doors. Cavity sliders pocket door frame kit for 3 wide x 8 high doors. 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.

Cut away the studs making enough room for the pocket door s framing. Frame the rough opening. If you want to build a double pocket door frame you ll need two 2 single pocket door kits. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.

Cut the nails joining the studs to the soleplate the piece of framing which runs along the bottom of the wall.