Doors in these walls will have headers -- usually laminated beams -- over their openings. Installing a pocket door in a load-bearing wall requires replacing the old header with a longer one.

Double pocket doors are a major space saver, but installation is more complex than it is for a typical door. Here's what you should know before adding them.

A carpenter will charge $622 to install a 36-inch pocket door, but if you have carpentry experience and tools, you can buy the door and hardware system for $230 and do it yourself, saving 63 percent.

Step 8 Starting with the rear runner, insert the head of the bolt into the door bracket on top of the door. Then slide the door slightly into the pocket and then insert the second runner bolt into the ...

Installing a pocket door during new construction is easy because the walls are open and everything is visible. Installing it into a closed-up wall can be a real challenge since you have to cut ...

The fact that this door slides in and out of a wall creates some challenges. Instead of solid studs, steel-reinforced split studs are used to create the gap into which the pocket door may slide ...

A carpenter will charge $622 to install a 36-inch pocket door, but if you have carpentry experience and tools, you can buy the door and hardware system for $230 and do it yourself, saving 63 percent.