Add Pocket Door To Existing Wall

In some older homes a sliding pocket door was used to create privacy and separate a living room from a parlor or dining room.

Add pocket door to existing wall.

Learn how to install a pocket door in an existing doorway and wall. It will cost you between 1 000 and 3 500 to have a pocket door installed in an existing wall. Then put the hardware and door into the slider track. This demonstration is for non structural walls only.

Installing a pocket door in a load bearing wall requires replacing the old header with a longer one. To install a pocket door start by removing the existing door and the drywall on one side of the wall. Then cut the exposed studs to make room for the new framing. To install a pocket door in an existing wall you have to remove drywall and it s easier to uncover the entire wall instead of trying to work in a limited opening.

Be sure to screw the brackets into the studs. Creating the opening for the new header may require temporary ceiling support while the header. 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. If the old frame is in poor condition an extra 100 to 150 may be added to the cost of having a pre hung unit installed depending on your location.

A pocket door slides into a metal and wood cage that is installed as the walls are framed. The rate charged by a professional hang a standard model is 150 to 200.