Orca Hardware PK1248 Pocket Door Frame Kit

The rollers supplied with this Orca PK1200 Series kit are the 2x6 frame version, so it is set up for a 2x6 stud wall rather than a 2x4 partition.

Three frame sizes are offered: 80 inch, 84 inch, and 96 inch. Pick the one that matches your door slab height, since the frame sets the track length and the pocket depth.

No. The PK1248 is the frame, track, and ball bearing roller hardware only. The latch or pull is a separate purchase: for privacy on a bath or bedroom, the Rockwood 891 pocket door privacy latch or the Weslock 0577 privacy lock with adjustable backset; for a passage opening with no locking, the Weslock 0527 or the Emtek 2101 passage pocket door lock. Order the trim at the same time as the frame so the door can be prepped before it is hung.

The PK1248 frame kit accepts doors from 1 inch to 1-3/4 inches thick, so a 1-3/4 inch slab is at the top of its range. The Weslock 0527 rectangular passage pocket door lock and the Weslock 0577 rectangular privacy pocket door lock both list a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inches to 2 inches, which covers a 1-3/4 inch door. The Pamex PF1 square style and Pamex PF2 round sliding door locks list 1-5/16 inches to 1-9/16 inches, so they suit a thinner slab rather than a full 1-3/4 inch door.

No - they do different jobs and are typically bought together. The Orca PK1248 is a pocket door frame set: the steel split-jamb frame, header track and ball bearing rollers that carry the door into the wall cavity, sized for a 4 foot by 6 foot 8 inch door opening. The Deltana SDL25 is a 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch privacy pocket door lock - the hardware that mounts in the door edge and face once the door is hung. Ordering the SDL25 gets you the latch and pulls but no track or frame; ordering the PK1248 gets you the frame and rollers but no lock.

The Orca PK1248 frame is steel and is catalogued for commercial use, and it ships with ball bearing rollers rather than plain nylon wheels. That combination is what holds up under the cycle counts you see in an office, school, or multi-family corridor.

For a keyed opening, the Omnia 7035/A keyed entry pocket door lock with modern rectangular trim, or the Emtek 2153 narrow modern rectangular pocket door mortise lock in the keyed version. Both are mortised into the door edge, so prep the slab before it goes into the pocket.

A pocket door frame kit like the Orca PK1248 builds a cavity inside the wall, so the door disappears into the studs. That is why it has to be sized to the rough opening and the stud depth up front, and why it goes in at framing stage. Barn door hardware hangs the door on the face of the wall and can be added later, but the door stays visible and eats wall space on the strike side. If the wall is already closed up, the pocket kit is not a retrofit.

For a closet or hall opening where the door only needs to be pulled shut, a flush pull alone is enough alongside the PK1248 frame kit. The Sure-Loc Round Pocket Door Pull - Passage and the Sure-Loc Square Pocket Door Pull with Adjustable Backset - Passage are passage pulls with no locking mechanism, and the Sure-Loc DP711 passage pocket door pull is intended for sliding and barn doors as well. If the opening is a bath or bedroom, step up to a privacy set such as the Sure-Loc Round Pocket Door Privacy Pull with Adjustable Backset or the Rockwood 891 pocket door privacy latch.

The PK1248 is listed for commercial use as the frame and roller assembly, and the locking function is chosen separately. Of the pocket door locks available, the Omnia 7035/A is a keyed entry pocket door lock with modern rectangular trim and solid brass construction, and the Emtek 2153 narrow modern rectangular pocket door mortise lock at 2 inches by 7-1/4 inches is a keyed mortise unit. Privacy-only sets such as the Omnia 7012/L, which has a privacy function with emergency release, will not accept a key.

Yes, and on a pocket door you generally want a flush pull plus an edge pull so the slab can be drawn back out of the cavity. Sure-Loc offers round and square pocket door pulls in passage, and the Omnia 7012/N passage set includes a mortise edge pull.

A biparting pocket opening normally uses two frame kits, one per side, with dummy trim where the doors meet. The Orca PK1248 frame kit covers each pocket, with frame sizes of 80 inches, 84 inches and 96 inches. For the meeting trim, the Omnia 7012/PD modern rectangular pocket door lock set is a pair dummy function with a mortise edge pull, which is the function used where no latching is required at the meeting stile. If one leaf must latch, the Omnia 7012/N passage set with mortise edge pull covers that.

It is a matter of how much of the door face and edge the trim covers, not of function. The Deltana SDL60 is a 6 inch decorative privacy pocket door lock and the Emtek #8 classic arched pocket door mortise lock is a 2-7/8 inch by 7-5/8 inch brass unit, both long plates that suit a traditional or period door. The Deltana SDL25 privacy and Deltana SDP25 passage locks are compact 2-1/2 inch by 2-3/4 inch trims, and the Deltana SDLA325 is a heavy-duty adjustable privacy lock at 3-1/4 inches by 2-1/4 inches. All mount to the slab carried by the PK1248 frame, so the choice is appearance and mortise size.