News — Sliding Pocket Door

Common Pocket Door Questions: Can you put a pocket door on a block wall? Yes, you can build a pocket door into a block wall. When you are building the wall, you can either purchase a pocket door kit made for the correct wall thickness, 6”, or fir out a kit 1/2” for a kit kit made for 2 x 6 walls. An easier way to add a pocket door to an already existing wall, is to make an add on wall attached to the block wall, which keeps you from tearing a block wall apart. Can any slab door...

Here is a viewing copy of the installation instructions for our Series 1 Heavy Duty Pocket Door Track and Hardware Kit If you need a Printer Friendly version, please click here and you can open a version you can print for your own records.  

HBP Pocket Door Frame Kits - New Studs   Hartford Building Products now has solid steel studs made from galvanized steel . These studs do not rust. In addition, these studs are designed so that 1 3/4” thick doors have more room available to fit in a 2 x 4 kit. No adapters are needed to fir these 1 3/4” thick doors.   The steel studs are available for 80” (6/8) , 84” (7/0), and 96” (8/0) heights. They can be cut to any height between these standard heights.. There are two openings cut at the top of each stud....

New HBP Pocket Door Soft Close / Soft Open   Hartford Building Products has a new soft close for our pocket door frame kits, and our Series 1 track system. This is a much heavier duty soft close, having a 220 pound capacity, instead of the old 140 pound. A nice new feature is the metal connector for the sections, where they go together, instead the old plastic connector.   This soft close can replace the old ones, if needed, since they fit in the same track. It is just a much better system.

New HBP (Hartford Building Products) Pocket Door Frame Kits   Our new HBP pocket door frame kits are both higher quality and  lower priced than our previous kits. Purchasing parts in larger quantities has given us the opportunity to sell higher quality kits at lower prices. We are passing these cost savings on to our customers. These kits have galvanized steel studs, that do not rust, in addition to new soft close that are stronger and lower priced.   These kits are available in a number of widths from 18” wide up through 48” wide, in single and double units....