Architect drawn several pocket doors into the house plans and almost all have a wall that Ts into the pocket door frame. Is this common? I have never seen it and would worry the there would be problems. Thanks for any advice.
Michael
Architect drawn several pocket doors into the house plans and almost all have a wall that Ts into the pocket door frame. Is this common? I have never seen it and would worry the there would be problems. Thanks for any advice.
Michael
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Michael
I have seen many types of install involving pocket doors. If the framers know what they are doing, they should be able to figure how to block for intersecting walls of most any configuration. The one to wonder about would be the electrician and where he'll be able to mount your switches and outlets.......and everyone else that drives a nail or screw.
In some cases we've built thicker walls or even sheeted entire walls (behind the drywall) to accomodate one thing or another like cabinet or shelving installs.
Doesn't have to be a problem
Problems? Not if you use "Johnson" pocket door hardware and install it correctly.
Architect should be providing an electrical plan with his set of drawings. Switch location conflicts shoud be resolved in this planning stage; not in the field during framing or electrical rough-in.
Architects and switches
I've never seen an architect's plans that addressed the wiring in any meaningful way other than lighting design and perhaps switch location. The wiring is left to the sparky to figure out on site. Most architects have trouble enough with structural elements, never mind understanding the complexities of wiring. Electricians have a wide range of boxes to choose from, including shallow ones that can work with pocket door framing. There's a way for them to make it work.
We're talking about an
We're talking about an architect's responsibility to resolve switch locations as they conflict with pocket door framing locations genius; not outlining how to wire a house to code.
If you've never seen an architect address this in a meaningful way on a set of plans, then perhaps you've never been on a meaningful job site.
BTW, please reference the specification of a shallow electrical box that will work (by code) for a standard pocket set up in a 2x4 wall framing application. From my experience, the box depth would have to be no deeper than 1.25" and the wire would somehow have to navigate through metal furring strips (in the case of the Johnson hardware) that are 3/4" thick and be kick plated. I don't see how you could do it...and I've never had an electrician suggest this code approved option.
Yes, it's pretty common and no more problem than teeing into any other place in the frame. Actually it gives you an opportunity to secure the 3/4" purlins on the door frame to the end stud in the adjoining wall. There shouldn't be any problems at all, least of all wiring.