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Posted by CB on June 2, 2008, 8:30 am
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> since the drywall on the bedroom side is attached to the studs that are to
> be removed, I would say you're pretty much out of luck.
> If you could get the studs and bottom plate of the wall cut away and
> removed, the nails/screws that attach the drywall would pull through, and
> the drywall would be hanging in midair. The odds of all this taking place
> without breaking up the drywall are remote.
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> > We have a traditional doorway (that didn't actually have a door), with
> > about 3 feet of open wall (ie no electric, plumbing, etc., not load
> > bearing) on one side that we would like to put a pocket door in now.
> > The drywall is out on one side of the wall (our bathroom, which is
> > completely torn out right now). The drywall on the other side however
> > (our bedroom) is still intact, and if I can get around it I'd rather
> > not tear that side out. All the DIY articles on pocket door say of
> > course the first step is to frame out the opening 2x the size of the
> > door, which of course assumes that both sides of the wall are out. Is
> > there ANY way to take out the 2 or 3 studs, the header, replace the
> > header, put int the pocket door hardware, etc. without tearing out
> > that other side of the wall?
OK - thanks. I saw some guys do it keeping the drywall intact at a
family members house, but when I saw the framing job on the bare side
of the wall it looked pretty unprofessional. They had shims, small
bits of wood, etc. scattered everywhere where the headers was to be
extended - I have no idea how they got everything out without screwing
up the drywall.
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