Light Switch On Pocket Door Wall

In most cases i ve worked out the wiring switch plug locations away from the pocket frame areas.

Light switch on pocket door wall.

Would prefer to not shore out the walls thicker or have an exterior switch box. Pocket doors could make it difficult to put a light switch exactly where you want it. You are asking for trouble by routing the cable so near the surface. We just build the wall a little thicker so that there s room for electrical wiring switches and outlets.

Mount the pocket door to the surface of the existing wall then the plumbing won t be an issue. I m installing double pocket doors and would like to install a 3 switch box next to the opening of the wall. However in two cases the ideal location is in the wall area of the pocket. Our switch is in the bathroom on the opposite wall from the one the pocket door slides into.

The bathroom pictured above comes from. Strike side location would avoid the pocket door completely. My expectation when opening a door either hinged or pocket is that the switch is inside on the strike side of the door. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you.

You can either use a standard pocket and drywall it in or go with a barn style sliding door and surface mount the hardware to the exterior of the wall and the door stays exposed on the wall. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. One downside to the pocket door is that it often leaves little room for anything else in the wall such as plumbing or electrical such as outlets or switches so careful planning is required. If your familiar with pocket doors these are walls that contain 2x4 split studs to accommodate the doors.

I installed a motion sensor light switch in my home office due to pocket doors causing the original switch to be at the end of the wall. More about putting a light switch in a wall with a pocket door here. Each split stud is 3 4 deep and then i have the thickness of the drywall to add to it. Light switches in a pocket door wall.

More about the placement of light and fan switches in one particular bathroom here. Sometimes it makes more sense to place a light switche outside the door rather than inside.