How To Mount On A Wall With Pocket Door

If needed use a hand saw to cut the track that came with your pocket door hardware so that it s 1 8 inch shorter than the opening.

How to mount on a wall with pocket door.

The pieces of plywood fit in between the pocket door wall studs. The other side of the pocket required the plywood pieces to be attached to the drywall before it was screwed to the pocket door wall studs. To install a pocket door start by removing the existing door and the drywall on one side of 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.

For doors inch thick install the track flush with the header. Next install the slider track using the rails that came in your pocket door kit. It only took a few minutes of extra time to do this. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing.

This plywood could be applied to the one side of the pocket after the drywall was installed because you could access the inside of the pocket easily. For doors 1 3 8 inches thick install the track 7 8 inches from the header. Install the track according to the thickness of the header. Install the jamb on the trimmer framing the door opening then.

Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists. Screw the track to the bottom edge of the header with the screws that come with it.