Use 6d finish nails to install the top and strike jamb casing.
How does a pocket door lock work.
Install a full width strike jamb on the opposite side.
Use a screwdriver to take these screws out.
The rods are held in place with a metal or plastic latch.
Round pocket door locks often fit in a standard 2 1 8 hole allowing you to use an existing door for a pocket door.
A pocket door slides into a frame of metal and wood that is installed when the wall is constructed.
There are probably four screws that are toward the center of the door that hold the lock assembly to the door.
The entire assembly should slide out once the screws are removed.
However the fact that they slide back into the wall makes a conventional door knob useless.
Generally pocket doors hang from a pair of roller carriages by adjustable rods that are inserted into metal brackets on the door.
In place of solid studs the pocket door frame utilizes split studs one on each side of the door which the door slides between to open and close.
To keep the pins set a second tool called a tension wrench is used to apply tension to the lock.
Once all the pins are set the lock will release and turn in the direction of the tension applied.
Special latches have been designed to work with pocket doors.
Pocket door locks and latches pocket doors need to have a way of maintaining privacy.
Drill a hole and chisel a shallow mortise in that jamb for the strike plate which the door latch engages.
Install door casing nailing it to the jamb and to pocket door studs.