How To Install A Pocket Door Into An Existing Wall

Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Learn how to install a pocket door in an existing doorway and wall. Installing a pocket door is not quite as fast a project as installing a sliding barn door on the exterior of the wall but like we mentioned last week we really love it for the sleek space saving benefits especially in an already narrow hallway every inch counts extra privacy and it still gives us that bit of hallway wall space to decorate.
how to install a pocket door into an existing wall

This demonstration is for non structural walls only.

How to install a pocket door into an existing wall. To install a pocket door in an existing wall you have to remove drywall and its easier to uncover the entire wall instead of trying to work in a limited opening. That way you can remove entire. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you walked in. For weight bearing walls additional framing in the form of a structural.