First, construct the opening or modify an existing opening if you're replacing a pocket door.
Can A Pocket Door Be Installed In An Existing Wall. A pocket door slides into a metal and wood cage that is installed as the walls are framed. And what that means is this:
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Installing a pocket door frame for the new pantry. The wall must be wide enough for the door and it must be free of if there is an existing door, remove it and its jambs. (todd and i both have had to pry our cantankerous living room pocket doors out of the wall.) but after researching modern options, we found the same wasn't.
You just have to frame the rough opening in your wall.
A pocket door slides into a metal and wood cage that is installed as the walls are framed. We see the use of pocket doors more and more… And what that means is this: The bathroom we will be redoing anyways so gutting that wall would be much easier.