Old partition - Creation of new Partition for door casing

[Hullstorage]

Hi All,

We have an entrance to the kitchen that is about 10ft wide and i want to create a new partition that will be plasterboarded.

There was and original stud wall in place but this had to be removed due to plasterboard being damaged/wet and some woodworm in timbers.

Problem is that there also needs to be a strong door frame to accomodate a heavy door.

What is the best way of tackling this and what timber am i best using as i dont want is to start moving around once the door casing is fitted.

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Why not just frame it as before, making sure that you screw the frame together and fix solidly to the walls, floor and ceiling (assuming you can find a joist). Any plasterboard over the frame will stiffen it up considerably. If you want a bit motre rigidity you could always overclad the studwork with 12mm plywood before plasterboarding, but that's probably overkill for a domestic. The other thing I'd do is to foam the door casing in lightly before adding the architrave (again, assuming that you have a gap)

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

4x2 tanalised timber that will keep the wee beasties out and be strong