stud partition

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...

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...

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 I was wondering if anyone could help. I'm looking to get a builder to knock an internal wall down, however i was wondering if anyone would be able to tell if it was likely to be load bearing. The wall is made from studwork and is part of a single story extension. The wall in question is the...

Hi, Im doing a bit of renovation and for the first time I have to build few wall including one partywall and a fully enclosed bathroom. My idea is to use 15mm plasterboard or maybe 2x15mm to make it stronger but question is what stud size need to use and if there is any basic concept to use in...

Hi everyone, I am getting a new kitchen installed and need to build a half height stud wall to attach some floor cabinets onto. The kitchen is going to be from Ikea. In the attached photos from the planner, I will only be building the half height part, the other small bit of wall already...

Hi, I've just poured the concrete slab floor base in my ground floor. I'll be putting 100mm insulation + UFH pipes + 75mm Screed on top of this. There are a number of internal timber stud-partitions that I need to put up on the ground floor - Do i need to put these up before the...

I am researching putting a non-load bearing partition stud wall in a loft space (pitched roof construction). I have read that if I were to specify a gypframe studwall then a deflection head is required (http://www.british-gypsum.com/technical-advice/faqs/020-what-is-a-deflection-head). However...

Currently contemplating bathroom refurbishment and have taken a look under the bath. There has been a fair bit of water leaking round the perimeter due to poor sealing, probably for some time, as you can see below! Top bit of the joists looks a bit rotten, though the bulk of it still seems...

I know the limit is one spur from a socket on a ring main. Is this a spur to a double socket? If so, is a spur to two singles back to back in a stud partition ok. I would have thought this would be similar to one double.