Can You Add A Pocket Door To An Existing Wall

We used 1 drywall screws nothing must protrude into the wall pocket or the door will be damaged.

Can you add a pocket door to an existing wall.

Installing a pocket door in a load bearing wall requires replacing the old header with a longer one. That way you can remove entire. There s something that they call i think it s like a barn style door where you put this mechanism on the exterior of the wall so you would see it in the room. Namely the pocket door that we raved about in last week s vlog.

Doors in these walls will have headers usually laminated beams over their openings. To install a pocket door in an existing wall you have to remove drywall and it s easier to uncover the entire wall instead of trying to work in a limited 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. It s just a slightly different header size.

We realized after we showed you our built in bathroom storage plans that we had a few more things to finish up before we can really get going on our wall cubbies. We chose to save space by installing a pocket door frame in the bathroom freeing up the 8 or 9 square feet of floor space from the door swing opening up the area. Start with removing the molding and with a reciprocating saw blade cut the shims. Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists.

If you re replacing a door with a pocket door you ll need to get rid of the existing door. If you need a firm nailing surface you can temporarily slide a 2 1 8 wide board between the split jambs. Remove the existing door if applicable. Make sure the frame is level.

When the nails are cut you can remove the door frame.