The building inspector said he saw no problem with me installing a light switch in a shallow electrical box on the pocket door frame as long as i could properly secure the wire per code within 8 of the box.
Light switch on wall with pocket door.
The bathroom pictured above comes from.
Our switch is in the bathroom on the opposite wall from the one the pocket door slides into.
More about putting a light switch in a wall with a pocket door here.
This would be near impossible even in new construction and meet code.
If you are in an existing situation forget it.
The 1x4 on the door frame are running horizontal.
In most cases i ve worked out the wiring switch plug locations away from the pocket frame areas.
Mount the pocket door to the surface of the existing wall then the plumbing won t be an issue.
You can either use a standard pocket and drywall it in or go with a barn style sliding door and surface mount the hardware to the exterior of the wall and the door stays exposed on the wall.
Not going to work.
Would prefer to not shore out the walls thicker or have an exterior switch box.
We just build the wall a little thicker so that there s room for electrical wiring switches and outlets.
However in two cases the ideal location is in the wall area of the pocket.
If you were standing in the bathroom in front of the door you could turn the switch on with your left hand and slide the pocket door open or closed with your right.
We have a pocket door between the bathroom and the master bedroom.
I installed a motion sensor light switch in my home office due to pocket doors causing the original switch to be at the end of the wall.
You can t cut them to run conduit down from the ceiling.
More about the placement of light and fan switches in one particular bathroom here.
Many people falsely believe that you cannot have any wiring electrical outlets or electrical switches in the pocket wall but we have a nifty trick.
The other side of the pocket door is.
Go to the nearest wall without a pocket door and place switches as close as possible.
Pocket doors could make it difficult to put a light switch exactly where you want it.
I recently installed 2 pocket door kits together from one room to an adjacent in my house.