Pocket Door
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Recently, a pocket door in my 1958-built home has become very difficult to open from the closed position. Once the door has been moved from the completely-closed pos... See more
To install a pocket door, yes, you have to rip out part of the wall in order to install the hardware. How about one of those barn doors instead? They work on the same principle, but the hardware installs on the outside of the wall.
To install a pocket door, there needs to be a “pocket” in your wall that is currently full of studs. If you really want a pocket door but don’t have the tools or experience, get a contractor (with license and references) to do it. That will give your guests the most privacy and get the swinging door out of your way.
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You’ll need to take out one side of the wall, reframe it for the door, hang the door hardware, and put the wall back in. It is not an easy project unless you’re very good at carpentry.
Most likely your home is 2 x 4 construction. To put in a proper pocket door you need to frame a 2 x 6 wall. You need to find out if it's a load bearing wall, if it is there will be a little extra work that will need to be done. In the wall, there can be no electric or plumbing where the door will be. It can be done but you will be tearing out and rebuilding the wall.
We have a lot of electrical wires etc. running thru the wall I wanted to put a pocket door on making the idea impractical.
Most of the large home improvement stores carry pocket door kits... but they will require some alteration to your walls.... you might consider installing a sliding barn door instead.. the hardware mounts to the wall above the doorway and the wheels will mount to almost any style of door.
Note: there are two types of barn door hardware the "C" channel type and the "rail" type... either one will work... it is all a batter of style choice. The rail type of hardware can be found online for as little as $60... and Tractor Supply is one source for the C channel type.... Google search: sliding barn doors to see different styles... and Pinterest.com will have lots of ideas for you too.
We had 2 pocket doors installed on the advice of the contractor and are glad we did, he did have to remove 1 side of the walls to do this. The areas would not look right with barn doors.