Pocket Door Behind Shower Wall

A pocket door is simply a sliding door that slides back into the wall cavity when opened.

Pocket door behind shower wall.

Typical bi pass sliding doors are installed on a track that runs along the top of the opening. The other side of the pocket required the plywood pieces to be attached to the drywall before it was screwed to the pocket door wall studs. Since the pocket door wall studs were normally 3 4 inch deep the 1 2 inch plywood never had a chance of touching the moving door. Obviously this leaves no room for your needed plumbing lines.

Another option would be a barn door where the hardware is mounted to the wall above the door and the door slides along the face of the wall and opening. They used to be very popular in wealthy houses from the end of the nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century. Standard pocket door frames are made to be installed within an interior 2 by 4 wall and therefore they are just wide enough to accommodate the door and a half inch of sheet rock on both sides of the frame. The tile hasn t been installed yet but the door frame still moves.

There s a 1 4 of plywood over the pocket door frame and the wall framing and then the substrate we re using the wedi system. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. The 36 side without the plumbing is over a 24 pocket door. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.

They are hung from the top by means of a rail which is mounted on the door frame header.