Hi. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how difficult it is to install a pocket door. One of our normal exsisting doors swings in a narrow hallway making it inefficient,unsightly, and especially dangerous for our 2 year old that is running though the hallway repeatedly. I have seen the pocket door kits in the home building stores. Is this the best route to go? Thanks in advance!
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I had a look at our pocket door and it is the same depth as a regular wall = 5" including the drywall. However, depending on the age of your home, your walls may even be deeper or not as deep. You could also (possibly????) go with a thinner drywall to cover up the pocket area once the pocket door is installed. Good luck with it.
Thank you for all your info. I will consider everything. The area beside where our regular door is now is all open. I removed a closet that had sliding doors that ran right to ceiling. The problem will be that we do have a laundry chute that ran down through that old closet but it is set back about 5 inches but that probably isn't enough depth to get all the mechanisms for the pocket door in front of it and drywall it in. I will have to investigate the depth of these kits to see what can be done. Thanks so much for all your help!
First of all, you can't have any electrical or venting of any type running through the area of wall that will become the "pocket". Also, installed a p. door usually means new flooring/carpet/tile or whatever you have on either side of the door. Usually, you would have to knock out the portion of wall that will become the pocket area, re stud, redrywall, repaint also then. It isn't the cheapest thing in the world to do but it is do-able!