Build Your Own Pocket Door Frame

Framing a pocket door refers to the first stage of installing a concealed door.

Build your own pocket door frame. Once you have an open hole it s time to make your frame. Start by cutting a piece of lumber to act as the header for the pocket door. The pocket door frame kit comes with instructions and andy followed them exactly. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work.

Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue. Prepping the framing for a job hung pocket door. To build a door for a shed start by cutting a piece of wood paneling or ti 11 siding to the size of the door opening minus 1 2 inch on each side. 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.

1 x research source this is a great way to maximize your living space and with a lot of patience and a little bit of know how it is a home improvement goal. If you re not using premade jamb material or if your walls are a nonstandard thickness you can buy 5 or 6 inch wide lumber and rip cut it to the width of the wall using a table saw. Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists. Cut them high enough so there is room to install a header underneath them.

When building a door jamb to fit a standard wall with a two by four frame and 1 2 inch drywall on each side the width of the jamb board typically is 4 9 16 inches. This track has to be installed in the framing stage of your project and there will be some parts like. The hardware for the pocket door will be installed on this header. We have some quality stanley pocket door track kits or most of the lumber yards and door shops will also carry johnson hardware which makes a great pocket door track as well.

Step 3 build the pocket door frame. The simplest guide is an l shaped metal bracket that mounts to the floor and fits into a groove cut in the bottom of the door. Be sure and remove the wood shims while you are removing the molding. Attach it with finishing nails.

Prepping the framing for a job hung pocket door. Next measure your door frame and cut the pocket door kit to size. This makes a room more versatile since it can be closed off from the rest of the house when necessary. Andy had to cut off 2 inches off of the frame to make it fit into our hole.

Choose the guide that works best for your door.