How To Adjust A Pocket Door

Pocket doors are installed with adjustment in mind.

How to adjust a pocket door. Turn the nut locking lever to the left. Pocket door height adjustment. Many pocket doors can be adjusted with special tools from around the top of the pocket frame with the door in a partially closed position. To replace your pocket door you will need to cut a hole in the wall for access to the rollers and.

These tools are part of the assembly kit supplied with the pocket door but are rarely given to homeowners by the builders. These tools are often specially angled wrenches designed to fit into that little gap. The way that a pocket door is installed allows for adjustments on the height. Most pocket doors will have two hangers.

A standard hinged door cannot be adjusted this way. Look for the narrow space at the top of the door where the nuts meet the hanger. There is a relatively narrow space at the top of the door where the nut is on the hanger. If the door leans crookedly adjust the opposite nut for an even hang.

Finally when the door is in the right position place the nut locking lever in its original. Then adjust the height of the door by turning the adjusting nut with a 38 inch pocket door wrench. To remove the track system to replace the doors operational components you will need to pull the. Its that little piece of plastic around the adjusting nut.