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Thread ID: 96320	2009-01-06 18:57:00	Plan for a dead wall in garage	sarel (2490)	PC World Chat

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735582	2009-01-06 18:57:00	SWMBO has decided she wants a little studio in our Garage, and that I should build it. B*gger. :help::crying It will mean building a dead, non-load bearing wall in the back part of the Garage. I can't find anything to tell me how to do this and to work out the quantities of building material I would need. I may toddle off to the Library to see what they've got, but I thought I would ask the experts here first. ;) I have to repeat - I'm the world's worst handyman :blush:. I would rather memorise a 10000-page book than change the oil in my car. Any ideas, comments? sarel	sarel (2490)
735583	2009-01-06 19:01:00	I have to repeat - I'm the world's worst handyman :blush:. I would rather memorise a 10000 page book than change the oil in my car. Any ideas, comments? sarel Pay someone:D Just so I'm on the same page you want to divide the garage, put up a partition?	plod (107)
735584	2009-01-06 19:11:00	Yup. But she wants it done well (:eek:) - and not get a Tradesman in. sarel	sarel (2490)
735585	2009-01-06 19:13:00	barrspot2.blogspot.com	somebody (208)
735586	2009-01-06 20:14:00	Hi Sarel you will a length of timber on the floor another on the ceiling then a stud at each end, and then studs at 600mm centres spaced out as that will the correspond to the size of the sheets of cladding which come in sizes of 2400 X 1200. You will also need a prehung door as well as the lock and handles. You will also need to allow for a timber frame above the door to carry the short stud above the door and to fix the lining board to. The framing will need dwangs or nogs at 800mm centers as well and when measuring the timber framing allow 10% extra fro cutting. You should be able to get dry frame timber 100X50 for about $3 a metre, and gib if thats what you want to use as the lining for about $22 a sheet. If the garage floor is concrete you will need to staple damp proof material such as malthoid to the underside of the bottom timber to protect it. You will also need to buy architrave and fixings for everything it's not difficult but then I did it for a living until recently. Prices are approximate and exc GST Hope this helps	gary67 (56)
735587	2009-01-06 20:32:00	Hi Sarel . Agree with Gary . Would just add that when I divided my double garage in to a wife's sewing room and my general/computer room (too much sawdust in the workshop) I used 9 mm MDF as wall lining instead of gib board . This allows you to fasten shelves, pictures, other junk, to any part of the wall simply with screws - saves having to find the studs which sometimes limits the locations you can use . Pin the bottom plate to the floor in a couple of places . The two aluminium opening windows in wife's half of the garage/workshop cost twenty five dollars each from the local glaziers - who had all sorts of second-hand windows in stock . Gary's suggestion of pre-hung doors is worth following through - makes life so much easier and the frame rebates will conceal the edges of the MDF . Although my two extra rooms occupy the whole of the former double garage, I left the roller door in place . When it is open, the windows give the impression of being in any other room . At the end of the day the door is lowered and looks like a garage . Of course, I had to then build a double carport . . . Note that in my place, the roof insulation did not extend over the garage area and I had to add more insulation . I believe that this is quite common . Get an electrician in to place a few power points and a separate lighting . . . . great fun and she'll love you forever . :cool:	Scouse (83)
735588	2009-01-06 20:36:00	Thanks a lot guys. Now I just have to plan it and work out how many of what I need. (I can follow a plan quite well, but to design it - :eek: sarel	sarel (2490)
735589	2009-01-07 02:01:00	Put in your own power points and you will have a live wall in the garage. Maybe a dead tennant or two, but you can electrocute an awful lot of people before the power bill shows much of an increase.	R2x1 (4628)
735590	2009-01-07 08:27:00	Drive around your suburb & look for a house/garage being built. Go & quiz the builder, (surprising what a dozen cold beer will do!). I would have thought that with it being a non-load bearing partition wall, that 75x50mm framing is all that would be reqd. PJ	Poppa John (284)
735591	2009-01-07 19:36:00	I am planning the b*st*rd as we speak, with the help of the experts here. Will tell you how it goes. Poppa J - did that, tried it with 3 builders, all of them told me to contract them or p*ss off. sarel	sarel (2490)
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