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Installing a Pocket Door

At the Florida cottage, Bob meets with contractor Al Stiles, and they change and relocate a swinging door to a pocket door.
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Installing a Pocket Door

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" In our little -- style house is very nicely designed go from the outside and in our living room is very nicely proportioned that front porch is gonna be beautiful once we put an entryway through it. And the dining room is tonight sides but the other day -- Andrea the architect pointed out that this doorway is in an unfortunate location because that looks directly into the bathroom. And you could be sitting at a dining room table and what your view wouldn't be the best so. Our friends -- stevens' son are already working on the solution to that problem we're gonna move this doorway over to the left right right exactly and how we do it. What was done but Katie door knock down and knock down doors friend right person -- is the head. Inside and that of course is a pocket butler brand so that we can have a sliding door right that goes right into this pocket which will be hidden in the wall into the war. When we're using for indoor we're gonna go from here to here in this will be the -- it will fit into the pocket of his own little set here really. When that happens yeah yeah it's kind of seen better days you think -- clean up all the car you're great yeah consequently -- when. Yet it matches right now -- house good hard solid Vila okay so you're in the process of it's our hearing it right. Now -- today in not the studs out. Take this out this isn't this a -- who could -- is that project here behind it and we'll put jackal from that side right we're -- leave this intact. OK shall we don't -- deck stacked on the other side and we're gonna put two by ten header up there and it doesn't Jack congress that it is a lot of work sounds easy to you let's watch OK. Steep -- cut this. Yeah."

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" Price -- a circular saw that. Horizontal cut you know. You know. I doubt -- visited him. All right fellas well you've been finishing up that demolition I got hit it. Clean up the door for us what do you think it's good looks great -- all right that's fine so are you ready to reprint it just occurred to frame right now okay. Case then you can bet out. So that would be -- Jack -- right back. But with a batter up here in place carrying the weight of the ceiling joists were ready to put in the new door frame right right back to record and now. And so lightweight affair -- But once you get in place. -- Need to level over there. Oh Robert come up inside funded out it. He's quartet thought your two by. It's nice that you're driving the screws and a new. Two by four's most of that real hard. Help time. Now standing on the other side. We'll square this up election as a square. That's important isn't it. That's the universal -- technique. -- Nothing inappropriate to -- finished."

" And why using a common headed nail on condition stock. But I have -- a whole lot better about finished -- up --"

" But the thing about the and it's. Well Steve balcony can we just try to Dorsey liberals I don't we have announced Friday that -- That's kind of the idea but we can't really hang it up until after we've put the -- right. The case be another week."

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