Standard pocket door

...came together fairly well. The only foreseeable problem is having to remove the finished head jamb if the door panel needs to come off. There's simply no space to reach in to unlatch it from the rollers. The gap has to be covered, caulked and painted to look right. This seems to be the nature of pocket doors. As such, I've used screws instead of nails, and they're still visible under the paint.

Now I only hope the carpet thickness won't force me to remove it for trimming.

$34 door panel
$22 finish jambs
$11 pull / latch
$86 Johnson pocket door kit (#2511)
$15 casing and finish

$182 TOTAL COST (with tax)


Walk-in closet