While this opening looks very large it must accommodate the door once it slides in the pocket to open.
Double pocket door rough opening.
Framing rough opening sizes are really quite simple.
Use a section of 2 by 4 5 08 by 10 16cm as the new header.
Using 2 4 studs frame a new rough opening to fit the dimensions for the door jamb indicated by the manufacturer of the pocket door kit.
This will need to be 1 inch 2 54 cm more than twice the length of the pre existing header since it will need to span the distance of the entire rough opening.
Make the rough opening for a pocket door two times the width of the door plus 1 inch with a height of 84 1 2 inches from the highest spot on the subflooring.
The 1500hd series pocket door frame is designed to carry heavy solid core doors weighing up to 200lbs.
This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor.
Take out the section of drywall which is above the door in order to frame the new header.
Dimensions of rough openings for pocket door frames finish door size 2 0 2 4 2 6 2 8 3 0 rough opening height from sub floor for 6 8 door.
Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size.
84 84 84 84 84 rough opening.
Note that any load bearing wall will need the ceiling above it to be adequately supported during remodeling and a new load bearing 2x header must be constructed above the rough opening.
Be careful to keep the cut shallow.