Pocket Door No Header

As mentioned already this may require you to cut an oversized kit header to length then reattach the bracket on one end.

Pocket door no header. Installing a pocket door in a load bearing wall requires replacing the old header with a longer one. Turn the header over and cut the metal track 1 3 8 shorter than the wood header. To adjust the length of the pocket door header before hanging it remove the end brackets. In a normal timber stud wall the thickness of the wooden header piece wooden lintel above the door need only be the same dimensions as the rest of the framing timber.

Pocket doors only really work with stud partition walls drywall if you are in the usa. Interior and exterior doors are framed basically the same way but interior doors are. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Put the end brackets back on the cut end of the header.

Creating the opening for the new header may require temporary ceiling support while the header. Pocket door frame for 2x6 stud wall model 20603080 323 80 323 80. Wall model ekc2480 319 99. The pocket door hangs from a rail which is fitted to the header.

All doors are set into a frame an opening inside the wall. Reattach the metal end brackets to the cut side of the pocket door header. At the length for your door cut the wood header only. Framing for a non load bearing door header.