Typical bi pass sliding doors are installed on a track that runs along the top of the opening.
Pocket door behind shower wall.
A white pocket door opens to a white drop in bathtub fixed against a black and white patchwork quilt tiled accent wall and beneath a niche framed by gray grid tiles.
They used to be very popular in wealthy houses from the end of the nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century.
They are hung from the top by means of a rail which is mounted on the door frame header.
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.
A pocket door is simply a sliding door that slides back into the wall cavity when opened.
A pocket door slides between the wall layers and the door is installed when the wall is framed.
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.
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.
The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.
Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom.
Obviously this leaves no room for your needed plumbing lines.
It only took a few minutes of extra time to do this.