studwork

Hi all, We are making some new stud walls in a previously open-plan area on the first floor of our post & beam house. The walls will just be partitions, not load-bearing. The flooring we have upstairs is pine tongue and groove. Each board is fixed through the tongue in several places to the...

I'm installing a pocket door based on a sliding metal door that comes with the runners and top rail etc included. If I built the wall from normal studwork, it seems the thinneest is would end up is 48mm either side of the door pocket. Plenty of firms sell pocket door systems that are much more...

Hi, I got a new shed installed and I was wondering about insulating it. Its your basic shed with 2x3 timber frame with cladding over it. I was wondering if I wanted to add insulation to the inside of the shed should I put a breathable membrane to the inside of the shed, stapled to the cladding...

Hi, I want to put up a stud wall on the 1st floor. Do I have to screw the bottom or top stud plate into the joist below/above or can I just attach to the bottom stud into floor board and the top stud into the ceiling plaster? The joist run at right angle to the stud. Thanks Dee

Hi all, I'm in the process of building a garden room. It's a lean-to structure in the corner of the garden against the boundary wall. There is a wall at the rear face and against the right hand side: My sketch is pretty rudimentary, but hopefully you can see a basic studwork structure in...

hello all - first post! I am in the process of converting my garage to living space. Building control have said that we can lay several coats of liquid Dpm as the floor is the same level as the rest of the house. I want to fit a small shower room in there so I need to put up some studwork...