Think it would have been much more stable if you had installed king studs and a proper header

Thanks for showing your work. A couple of random thoughts. 1. Good to know there’s a pocket door that will fit a 2x4 wall. I didn’t know that was available. 2. Would have been handy to see what you did with the wiring and switches. Keep in same location, or relocate?

Thank you for sharing !

Thanks

My take is don’t do it unless you have no other options, this is way too much work and too much can go wrong. Like knock down the wall only to find it to be a load bearing