Build Your Own Pocket Door Frame

Prepping the framing for a job hung pocket door.

Build your own pocket door frame.

Step 3 build the pocket door frame. Framing a pocket door refers to the first stage of installing a concealed door. Once you have an open hole it s time to make your frame. 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.

The pocket door frame kit comes with instructions and andy followed them exactly. Be sure and remove the wood shims while you are removing the molding. 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. 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.

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. Attach it with finishing nails. Prepping the framing for a job hung pocket door. The hardware for the pocket door will be installed on this header.

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. The pocket door track the first thing to consider with your pocket door is the actual track that the door hangs on. Start by cutting a piece of lumber to act as the header for the pocket door. This track has to be installed in the framing stage of your project and there will be some parts like.

Make sure the frame is level. Choose the guide that works best for your door. Next measure your door frame and cut the pocket door kit to size. Step 2 install the pocket door kit.

Attach to the ceiling by screwing through the frame into the ceiling joists. Next cut boards to frame the top bottom and sides of your door then glue them in place using wood glue. If your barn door doesn t have a groove in it there are roller guides and adjustable roller guides that will work. 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.

Andy had to cut off 2 inches off of the frame to make it fit into our hole.