THE EASY WAY TO INSTALL A POCKET DOOR FRAME IN AN EXISTING WALL

We realized after we showed you our built-in bathroom storage plans that we had a few more things to finish up before we can really get going on our wall cubbies. Namely, the pocket door that we raved about in last week’s vlog!

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The Easy Way to Install a Pocket Door Frame

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We chose to keep the pocket door installation as easy as possible, by using a pre-made pocket door frame and reusing the old door from the bathroom.

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Installing a pocket door is not quite as fast a project as installing a sliding barn door on the exterior of the wall.

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Materials and tools

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One segment we missed in the video was attaching our existing door to the sliding pocket door hardware.

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There’s just a set of screws that you screw to the pocket door track. Someday if we decide to change this door for another door .

Swipe Up

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DIY WOODEN BARN DOOR BABY GATE

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THE EASY WAY TO INSTALL A POCKET DOOR FRAME IN AN EXISTING WALL

We realized after we showed you our built-in bathroom storage plans that we had a few more things to finish up before we can really get going on our wall cubbies. Namely, the pocket door that we raved about in last week’s vlog!