How To Install Cavity Sliding Door Into Existing Wall

Overview

Sliding doors are great to use in small-scale rooms where you don't have room for a swinging door. Larn how to install a sliding door into a stud wall. We show you how to adhere the frame. See how to attach rollers to the door. Nosotros also show y'all how to position guides so the door slides smoothly.

Tools and materials

Steps

1 Put the sliding door frame together

Knock out the spacer at the top of the frame and insert the sliding track into the cavity. Screw the rail to the doorframe. Hammer two nails into the summit of the doorframe upright and put the opposite frame upright in place. Employ two nails to agree information technology in place.

A person assembling a sliding door frame

2 Install the frame into your stud wall

In this video nosotros are installing the door in an empty stud wall. If y'all already take plaster walls you are going to have to cut abroad the plaster. Identify the frame into the stud wall. Make sure it is flush to the outside of the studs so that when y'all put the plaster on there is no jutting in the wall. Apply the boom gun to fix information technology in place.

A person using a nail gun to fix a door frame to a wall stud

3 Use packers to support the frame

When fixing the other side to the frame brand sure you position it 10mm in front of the stud so that when you put the plaster on information technology is flush with the border of your frame.

Use your spirit level to make certain the edge of the frame is level. Pack the gap between the stud and the frame with Masonite packers. Nail it together. Brand sure you have support at the top and bottom as well as through the centre.

A person using a nail gun to attach a door frame to a wall stud with packers in between

4 Attach the rollers and hang the door

Screw the roller base plates to the top of the door. Make certain they are 80mm from each end and in the middle of the door border. Place your door in the frame and insert the roller pins into the base plate. Use the locking pin on the side to concord the roller in place. Adjust the summit and plumb of the door using the spanner provided. Spiral the door guides onto the flooring so the door can slide evenly in and out of the cavity unit.