The ULTIMATE pocket door...Frame & Hardware all in ONE BOX!

Matt and Cavity Sliders Co-Founder, Laurie, go over the benefits and installation of this "gold standard" pocket door system. Mitigate the hassle of finding the perfect trim carpenter, service issues, and frame assembly with this all in one Cavity Sliders system.

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[hopkinshome]

I’m a GC, the cavity Slider is a top-notch system, if the the budget allows I will use them but the product can get expensive with frame kit, sliders, and softclose. My standard go-to is the Johnson 2060 system which is probably 40% of the cost and is a commercial-grade system.

[Extrmach]

Matt, I always felt like these are sales videos but this felt more informative. I like it. 👍

[stevecotes]

Damn, I jealous. Looks great.
The ability to service can be huge.
In my house I have multiple PDs. Had one on the main floor powder room, worked for years. Then it jambed and wouldn't open completely. I ran a scope back there to see what the issue was and went "oh sh.." Needed to pull down a bunch of trim and completely remove the door so that I could pull out and remove a pile of scrap that had been left behind during construction. ( I wish this was the only garbage the builder had left behind. ) Turned out that the crew doing that part of the build left some galv scrap and chunks of sheetrock on the door framing. It sat there for years, until it didn't and fell down into the pocket path and blocked it.
Being able to easily pull down a little trim and access the hardware and door is huge compared to needing to rip/remove trim to access, then remove the door and when you're done reinstalling the trim, etc.
Of course anyone putting this equipment in probably wouldn't leave a pile of trash inside a wall to fall into the door path. Quality building needs quality crews.
I'm got a master bath remodel in the plans and will look at these components.
Thanks,

[Padoinky]

I’ve never thought of these as paid promotional sales videos - info that is provided is up to the viewer to filter as they deem appropriate - that said, the pocket door was something that the house I grew up in had 3 of them… always liked them and in the 13 homes that I’ve built over the last 31 yrs, I’ve always incorporated them into the architectural designs… it also served as a litmus test as to skills, knowledge and expertise of any general contractor-builders interviewed during the contract process - so many “good ole boys” self-eliminated from consideration when they were challenged by the design specs… the fact of the matter is the upscale and more costly builders not only understood the nuances of the build, but also offered valuable insights into the complexities and ways to enhance the designs… these are the gold-standard builders that deliver value across the build cycle

[bobbray]

I have 5 Cavity Slider pocket door frames and love them. The only screw up I made was not installing the plastic spacers between the pocket door jambs before drywall was installed which caused some warping for the doors to slide into the frame. Not enough to cause the doors to scrape against the jambs but the alignment could have been better if I had popped those spacer in, which in the heat of construction, I forgot but should have done so after I set the frames.

I wanted to have both soft close and soft open but for the soft open, the mechanism needs to be installed prior to drywall, which meant the doors needed to be installed before drywall. That could have caused damage to the doors by installing them so early in our new home construction with everything else that was going on with contractors. I also didn't have the doors on hand yet. I did the soft close option instead and they work great. We have 8' tall solid core doors, most 36' wide.

When I first was contemplating what pocket door frames to use, I got a quote from a Marvin Window subsidiary company of $1500 each for wood pocket door frames. Yikes, no thanks! Very happy with Cavity Sliders.

[michaeledwardobrien]

Literally just bought one to replace a really tight space for a half bath. Just picked it up a day ago - and looking exactly like the installation videos. Really excited to see the soft stop in action. Thanks for the info - much appreciated to get a top notch product!

[Mountainview-mesa]

Pocket doors have always had amazing potential that has never been realized until recently. Happy to see it!

[budgetaudiophilelife-long]

THANKS MATT, LAURIE 🤗FOR SHARING THIS, I LOVE POCKET DOORS, … solves many problems, for moving furniture, I now live in a house built in 1917, with pocket doors that store😁🤗💚💚💚

[SnoopiesPoopies]

Cavity Sliders… absolute banger of a name😂

[thriftyelf]

As a homeowner who is prepping to do a whole house remodel, appreciate the education I get from every single Build Show Network video. I like to know what my options are so I can choose the Yugo or the Ferrari version of products that will suit my remodel and budget. I want my builder to show me these options rather than just assume want the Yugo solution. I become a better informed homeowner by watching the Build Show Network content. And for that I am truly grateful to these folks for sharing!

[patrickhughes]

I've used the johnson System, and that works similar. I did 2 of them and I am not a pocket door expert. They also have the system for insetting 3/4 ply for the whole cavity, which really helps with noise.

[BWIL]

I've spent a lot of time trying to convince people to not install pocket doors or to expect service work on them well that just changed. Even getting replacement roller parts was impossible always trying to make or change the the whole system usually they got rid of them awesome product

[WoodDragonGuy]

Wow! Finally a pocket door that works. 👏👏👏

[geraldstephens]

Thanks for this content! I have a broken slider due to a roof leak. I will be using this company.

[dougcarlson]

Looks like a good product. I have seen most all brands including the 1884 double walled and double doors pocket system. Santa Cruz historically preserved home. That was more like carriage doors. Really like that design of this system.

[flyingjeff]

I had a basic house built 30 years ago. The pocket door system came prefab and ready to install as part of the wall. No soft-close.

[TinekaJasonPalmer]

I am in NZ and we always have used cavity sliders products. Not exactly this one with the removable jambs but very similar.

[lazygardens]

We dug a pair of doors out of the walls of an 1880s mansion ... some careful cleaning and the magnificent quarter-sawn oak doors were opening and closing like new. I don't know how the innards worked, but they opened just like this.

[virgil]

We were thinking this for a ensuite masterb bedroom remodel. But decided on 2 sliding barn doors that meet in the middle due to the space to the bathroom, and we like the look of sliding barn doors, no matter what "experts" say. Had wiring to worry about, and used the dead space on the wall in the bathroom side for extra storage. But I will admit these do look slick

[tccdlinux]

Excellent. Makes me think about using a pocket door on a remodel I have coming up.