I’m planning to put in a 26″ pocket door on a new walk-in closet. The pocket door wall will need to support a hanger rod and shelves. The door will get regular, but not heavy use. Two questions:
What hardware kit do you recommend? Johnson, Stanley? Any advantages of one over the other? Johnson sells a heavy-duty ball bearing roller, which I think is a good call even for a light door.
As suggested by a previous discussion, I was going to sheathe the inside wall framing with 3/4″ ply to give support to the shelf. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Pete
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Sounds like you'll be doing chinups on the clothes bar. If you make a continuous header and glue the drywall to the pocketdoor frame it should be fine. I've made a 30 inch version with a continuous header that goes from the striker jamb to the far side of the pocket door frame and it is solid as a rock. PL200 and a dozen screws to secure the drywall to the pocket frame should be enough. Even before the casing is on, it'll be solid.
Instead of full sheathing the wall at the pocket door, I have fastened ply blocking between the pocket "studs", using flat truss plate type metal and low profile head screws. Plenty of strength, surface to mount to if you don't want to full sheet the wall.
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I'd use a Johnson pockeeet set and clad it with 1/2" MDO instead of sheetrock, gluing it to the frame.
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Go with the ply sheathing....you`ll be glad you did!
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You knew that MDO is plywood right?.
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Now here I thought MDO denoted "medium density", as in particle board density, along with the "O" (overlay). Would the manufacturer really be referring to medium density plywood?
Or to put it another way, if MDF is medium density fiberboard, why would MDO be medium density overlay plywood?
I don't know why they come up with certain names. It is a high quality fir plywood with flaws plugged and sanded and a paper overlay. You can get two sided for sign board or get it in 3/4" too. For an application like this it almost always crowns out to the paper side so it ensures that the pocket isn't compromised and the smooth surface makes it easy to deal with for paint grade. You can use construction adhesive and finish nails or a couple screws or even clamp it and have almost no spackling or mudding to do over it..
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Up here we call the stuff Crezone or exterior Signply. Stays pretty straight, in any weather, probably a good choice for a pocket wall application.
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MDO, as I get it from my supplier, is exterior no void plywood, with a hard durable and smooth waterproof facing both sides, eminently paintable. One use is for highway signage. No particleboard core. In 3/4" thickness the wood plies count to seven. Don't know about 1/2".
Five ply in the 1/2".
As I said, you can get one sided or two..
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Yes Piffin...I`m aware....not being certain of this particular application (will one 4 x 8 sheet suffice without joints?) I was merely suggesting the ply as a substrate for drywall.J. D. Reynolds
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