Change Standard Door To Pocket Door
Bypass doors require twice the width of an ordinary door so you will need to enlarge the door opening unless you are replacing double doors.
Change standard door to pocket door. Remove strike side jamb cut out steel track above. Remove molding from around existing pocket door. Mount the pocket door. Installing a pocket door is 2 to 5 times more expensive than installing a standard pre hung interior style.
A pocket door is a sliding door that disappears into the wall when open. Cut the existing door out of frame. This demonstration is for non structural walls only. Replacing a regular swing door with a sliding or pocket door is an efficient way to take full advantage of more room area.
Measuring up from the bottom of the door fasten the bumper on its back edge halfway up 40 for a standard door. Bypass or pocket doors give more space in a room and can be installed in the space where a hinged door already exists but there are some things to consider. This means taking down the old swinging door removing the jamb and disassembling the wall framing. To hang a pocket door you need a rough opening that is twice as wide as the door itself.
For weight bearing walls additional. The pocket door track is a metal channel with wooden nailing strips on each side. They use no floor or wall space and add an architectural flair to a home. The channel is marked for various door widths so it s easy to cut it to the right length.
Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. Learn how to install a pocket door in an existing doorway and wall. For our door it was 39 1 4.
Putting the door in the wall frees up the usual swing path area of the standard door and allows the wall usually hidden by a swing door to be used as a part of the rest of the room. Slide the door fully into the pocket opening and remove the wood casing and door stop on both sides and top of the jamb. Finally we painted the door and cut a new opening for the pocket door latch. Are pocket doors more expensive than standard pre hung interior doors.