Dear James: I like pocket doors because they save floor space, but they often don’t glide smoothly into the wall slot. Dear Kevin: As houses are becoming smaller to lower construction costs and ...

Question: I was raised in an older house that had pocket doors, but they never worked smoothly. I am building my own house now, and I would like to use pocket doors. How can I avoid the problems with ...

The cost to install a pocket door will depend on local labor costs, the individual company, and the amount of work it will take to complete the installation. Pocket door kits can be purchased by the ...

Q: The house I grew up in had magnificent pocket doors that disappeared into the walls. What’s the secret to installing a pocket door? Is this a task a do-it-yourselfer can tackle? A: Modern pocket ...

Q. We are planning to create an apartment in our home for my elderly mother. She will need her area to be warmer than ours. What do you think about installing pocket doors instead of standard swinging ...

I installed a pocket door in my son’s basement several days ago. The basement remodeling project has stretched out over a year because we can only work together on Saturdays and on occasional days he ...

Once popular in Victorian architecture, pocket doors fell out of fashion in the mid-1920s and hinged doors soon became the norm. In recent years, however, a renewed interest in space-saving and design ...