Tip on reinforcing the skimpy split jamb found on some pocket doors.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #63 Oct-Nov 1990 pg. 28
Tip on using a pneumatic ratchet wrench (attached to a long pole) to reach inside a pocket-door slot to remove or install the screws holding the track. Eliminates the need to cut holes in the wall.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #108 Apr-May 1997 pg. 30
Tips on removing a pocket door to service the rollers.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #112 Oct-Nov 1997 pg. 20
Disappearing doors provide easy cabinet access. Selecting and installing pocket-door hardware systems in applications like a television cabinet.
FINE WOODWORKING #104 Jan-Feb 1994 pg. 70
Tip on adjusting a pocket door.
HOME MECHANIX #710 Jun 1987 (v.83) pg. 92
Simple division. How to install a spacesaving pocket door to convert a large room into two smaller rooms.
HOME MECHANIX #755 May 1991 (v.87) pg. 57
Installing a window in a pocket door.
HOME MECHANIX #787 Jul-Aug 1994 (v.90) pg. 88
Added Info HOME MECHANIX #789 Oct 1994 (v.90) pg. 7
How to install double pocket doors without ripping open the wall.
HOME MECHANIX #796 Jun 1995 (v.91) pg. 62
Pocket doors. A fresh look at a smart space saver. What is available and installation tips.
HOMEOWNER May 1987 (v.12#4) pg. 54
Hardware and installation of interior bypass sliding, pocket, surface sliding, and bifold doors.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #656 Jan 1983 (v.79) pg. 36
Unsticking a balky sliding door (pocket door).
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Mar 1977 (v.5#3) pg. 28
How to repair and adjust sliding (pocket) doors of the bottom-track, rolling type.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL May 1983 (v.11#4) pg. 79
How to repair and adjust sliding (pocket) doors of the top-hung type.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Jul 1983 (v.11#6) pg. 115
Back on track. Getting the kinks out of pocket doors. Technique for fixing one of the most common designs which feature two-wheeled trucks that ride on a wood track.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1994 (v.22#7) pg. 30
Installing pocket sliding doors.
POPULAR MECHANICS Sep 1963 (v.120#3) pg. 150
How to install a pocket door. Shows how to replace an existing swinging door with a door that slides into the wall. Requires some re-framing of the door opening.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1986 (v.163#10) pg. 103
Replace an interior door that swings open with a pocket door that slides back into an opening in the wall.
POPULAR SCIENCE Oct 1975 (v.207#4) pg. 138
How to unstick a pocket door.
PRACTICAL HOMEOWNER Sep 1986 (v.1#1) pg. 67