partition wall

Hello, I’m currently in the process of redecorating a property I’ve had for less than 6 months and decided to tackle the lounge. One of the outside-facing walls has a partition made and after I’ve painted it white I’ve noticed that the studs behind seem to be pushing through and causing the...

Hello. I recently posted about whether some internal walls in my living room and kitchen maybe load bearing. I thought I’d pull off some plaster board at the place it meets the ceiling to see if I could see if the wall in question was supporting a joist. I have discovered that the internal walls...

Hello. I’m wanting to take out 3 walls to make the living room open plan with the kitchen. I’m sure the walls are just partition stud walls as I’ve drilled through them to attach various things. However, I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that stud partition walls can also be load bearing? The wall...

I am pondering on whether to buy a 6 mm or 8 mm shower door, to be fitted on a 2“ metal stud wall as found in most modern houses. The cause of my indecision is to do with the weight of the door on such flimsy (recessed) walls. I have currently got the studs exposed and I have added strengthening...

I am building some internal partition walls inside a bungalow, they will not be supporting anything apart from their own weight and anything hung on to them. I plan to construct these out of brick (preferred) or concrete blocks. The bungalow is a 1970s build and has a solid concrete floor slab...

Hi all, My missus wants the living room separated from the stairs to help keep heat in (and save on ridiculous energy bills in the winter) so I want to build an internal partition wall with a door in it. It's a concrete floor so I'm happy fixing the bottom part of the partition wall to the...

We recently bought a circa 1870 semi and have noticed something that seems unusual to me. The horizontal internal walls in the below picture appear to be stud. There appears to be a beam and brick columns about 200mm below the wall to the left of the middle door but none to the wall on the right...

Right lads, belt up, I am renovating a 1957 brick cavity wall-built bungalow an am planning to remove the wall between the kitchen and lounge as one of my first jobs. I had designed a beam to span the opening on the basis that the ceiling joists coloured pink in the attached plan would be...

First time poster with limited plumbing experience - go easy on me :) We're doing a loft extension, and will have an internal soil stack serving a ground floor, first floor, and loft toilet - the 3 toilets are pretty well aligned. The soil stack will be 'boxed in' on the ground floor and first...

I have got planning permission to divide one larger room into two with a timber partition wall ending in the external large existing sliding doors opening (with concrete lintel above). I am struggling to find any construction details for an external timber pier for this dividing wall between...

Hi all, I have pipework mounted on top of paramount partition board and want to hide this pipework inside the partition. I'm thinking of drilling access holes at each end, and feed through speedfit. What's the best technique for creating the channel internally between the two holes, cutting...

Hi, I live in an apartment building constructed in the late 1980's in London. My bedroom wall is also the demising wall. On the other side is my neighbour's apartment. There are three floors of apartments above me. Recently a small patch of the wall has been looking damp, growing black mould...

I am to open the wall between the kitchen and dining room. The wall is bearing the load of joist of a bedroom above it. There is no other wall above it nor stud wall just the joists. I am looking at installing 2700x100x65 lintel. My question is what is the minimum length on the breeze block...

Hi all, after a bit of advice... I've just removed a breeze block wall in our 1930s semi that separated the toilet and main bathroom. The idea now is to remove the second door (pictured to the right below) and put a stud wall in it's place. The question I have is what is the best way to...

Hi All, I have a concrete floor which is pretty uneven, full of steep local dips and rises of more than 12mm, and far from level. I will be levelling it with latex or something, as it needs to be approaching SR1 for the floor covering. Some of the floor is newly laid (replacing excavated bit)...