Hi. I posted about this a long time ago but didn't get any good answers.
I'm about to build my interior walls in the new house with lightweight concrete, and in one spot where the wall blocks will be 150mm wide between the bathroom and bedroom, I want to have a recessed door. So I was thinking of building the wall with 150mm blocks up to where the sliding door will be pushed, and then splitting the blocks to about 70mm towards the bathroom so that the entire bathroom consists of lightweight concrete blocks, and then I'll clad the outside with a stone slab.
What I'm wondering is if anyone has solved this without a complete pocket frame, as they seem unnecessarily expensive. It's mostly the track in the ceiling that you need, but maybe someone here has done something similar and can post a picture? Or will I be the first to solve this
I'm about to build my interior walls in the new house with lightweight concrete, and in one spot where the wall blocks will be 150mm wide between the bathroom and bedroom, I want to have a recessed door. So I was thinking of building the wall with 150mm blocks up to where the sliding door will be pushed, and then splitting the blocks to about 70mm towards the bathroom so that the entire bathroom consists of lightweight concrete blocks, and then I'll clad the outside with a stone slab.
What I'm wondering is if anyone has solved this without a complete pocket frame, as they seem unnecessarily expensive. It's mostly the track in the ceiling that you need, but maybe someone here has done something similar and can post a picture? Or will I be the first to solve this
You seem to be the first one
How has it gone for you? We are interested in doing something similar.
Yes, it went well. I installed 3 pocket door frames in the house.vibyggerhus said:
2 of them went into a wooden wall clad with OSB and plasterboard, which was then primed and plastered so it looks like a stone wall.
In a bathroom, I built 5cm thick blocks on the inside and placed a stone slab on the outside of the pocket frame, so it became lightweight concrete throughout the bathroom despite having a pocket frame. A lot of work, but it turned out well.
