So I have a little house and would love to use pocket doors all over it. It seems the Johnson hardware 1500 series doors with the ball bearing rollers have great reviews and slide like butter. So I'm going for those. I'm thinking of just buying the hardware though to frame out my own 2×6 walls.
A few concerns I have are noise, the ability to run shower plumbing, and tile in the bathroom against the door and having a wobbly wall.
I'm thinking of constructing the doors as in attached image. There is a 2×6 top plate and 2×2 bottom plates on each side of the door. 2×4 (or maybe 2×2 if it would be solid enough to allow for more insulation) studs on each side of the wall. 1" rigid fiberglass boards between studs on each side for sound control. 1/4" underlayment backing on each side in the door cavity. This leaves me with 3/16" of space on either side of a 1.375" solid core heavy door. Where needed I should be able to run the plumbing between the insulation for the shower. My thinking is this should control the sound and be very sturdy as not do break/crack a tile installation.
What do you guys think? Am I missing anything here?
Best Answer
If you don't have an issue about the door being centered, you can use the clips and "studs" of the pocket door kit on one side and use the 2X4s on the or ripped to size to allow you to do what you need on the other side. Here is a couple of sketches I made a while back showing the method of construction for a pocket door in a 2X6 wall. This way of doing this helps keep the studs straight and sturdy. The sketch also shows a 1 3/4" door, but there is no reason that it could not be an 1 3/8" door.
