Build Interior Door Frame

To make it easier to remove the bottom plate under the door cut most of the way through it in the correct places with a circular saw.

Build interior door frame.

But they can be done with regular clamps too provided you have enough. The builder s choice wood pocket door frame is the builder s choice wood pocket door frame is constructed from solid hemlock and is conveniently pre assembled for easy installation. Next use a circular saw to cut out the plywood and sand the wood so the faces and edges are smooth and level. To make a door start by getting a 4 foot by 8 foot sheet of plywood that s 1 2 inch thick.

You will need to add 1 2 of plywood between the 2x4 s to get the right wall thickness of 3 1 2. Cut the door header. Use two or three 1 1 2 inch screws to fasten the head jamb to each side jamb depending on how wide the jamb material is. Cut the header to fit between the king studs.

Then measure the height and width of the doorway you ll be installing the door in and mark the dimensions on the plywood. Install a cripple stud between the header and the top plate halfway between the king studs. Install the door inside the jamb frame by assembling the hinges. Most interior doors today are made from a material called masonite which is a kind of wood fiberboard that is steam cooked and pressure molded onto a thin wood frame to create a slab door that has an appearance of a door with rails stiles and panels.

This is the actual thickness of a 2x4. This domestically produced pocket door frame includes the track installation hardware and instructions. This keeps the entire wall in one plane as you install it. Place the head jamb over the top ends of the side jambs.

Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint. The unfinished natural wood frame can be installed to either side of the door opening. Make a header by fitting two 2 x 8s around a 1 2 inch piece of plywood.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock. When complete you should have a door frame without a bottom piece. To make the door header the top of the door frame cut two 2x4s to the same length as the width of the original opening and nail them securely together. I usually do these lamination clamp ups in a vacuum press.