Light Switch On Pocket Door Wall

Our switch is in the bathroom on the opposite wall from the one the pocket door slides into.

Light switch on pocket door wall.

More about the placement of light and fan switches in one particular bathroom here. We have a pocket door between the bathroom and the master bedroom. 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. I m installing double pocket doors and would like to install a 3 switch box next to the opening of the wall.

Pocket doors could make it difficult to put a light switch exactly where you want it. In most cases i ve worked out the wiring switch plug locations away from the pocket frame areas. If you were standing in the bathroom in front of the door you could turn the switch on with your left hand and slide the pocket door open or closed with your right. However in two cases the ideal location is in the wall area of the pocket.

Many people falsely believe that you cannot have any wiring electrical outlets or electrical switches in the pocket wall but we have a nifty trick. 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. We just build the wall a little thicker so that there s room for electrical wiring switches and outlets. You are asking for trouble by routing the cable so near the surface.

My expectation when opening a door either hinged or pocket is that the switch is inside on the strike side of the door. Today i am installing a pocket door frame in an existing wall that happens to be for our guest bathroom. Light switches in a pocket door wall. More about putting a light switch in a wall with a pocket door here.

Sometimes it makes more sense to place a light switche outside the door rather than inside. Would prefer to not shore out the walls thicker or have an exterior switch box. The existing bathroom door swung to the right as you. Each split stud is 3 4 deep and then i have the thickness of the drywall to add to it.

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. Mount the pocket door to the surface of the existing wall then the plumbing won t be an issue.