stud wall

I need to build a stud wall in the area below along the red line. This is to separate the area in red. The area shaded green will be removed which is also a stud wall to make more room in the living area to the left. I wanted to know if it’s better to build a stud wall on the existing banister...

Hi all, I would really like an LED wall niche above our bath. Something similar to what you see in the photo. I've been looking at prefabricated options and I am finding them both very expensive and limited in their sizes. There are quite a lot of videos online of people building them...

Hi all, I'm currently battening out a thermalite block wall so I can install XPS tile backer/plasterboard. The walls and inside of the window frame will ultimately be tiled. I will soon need to batten around the window, but I just wanted to double check I am doing it correctly. Do I just...

Hi all. I am wondering what will look best. I am doing a half stud wall for concealed toilet and to hide the pipe work. I have decided to go full width wall to wall but would it look best to finish 10cm under the window sill or take it to the same height as the window sill the stud will will be...

Hi, could someone please advise on the following. We are currently renovating our bathroom - it was previously a separate toilet with a wet room next door, however we’ve removed the partition wall to make it one bathroom. We are going to be installing a bathroom suite, including electric shower...

I have a six window bay and as part of some improvements removed the inner wall and this now needs to be rebuilt and will eventually have a window seat inside the bay. I’m struggling how to work out the angles for the faceted stud wall for the internal wall. I want the angles to be aligned to...

Hi, I am looking for some help. I have a shell loft and am about to start work on the loft. Can I get some advice on how to put up the stud walls and the location of the head and sole plates. In the Stud Wall Location 1 pic; Number 1 is where I will put the sole plate, Number 2 is the dwarf...

I have a stud wall currently open on one side, bathroom / airing cupboard etc to bedroom. It will have tile backer / MR Plasterboard soon. I also have some large chunks of foam from several mattresses (not memory foam topper, the large support material yellow coloured Polyurethane (?) foam)...

What order is preferred for walls and screed (with UFH)? I'm using a wet UFH system with 75mm screed over membrane and PIR insulation (PIR is already laid). I have a stud wall (plasterboard over OSB over timber frame) that needs to go in. I can see this going 2 ways: Walls first - makes the...

I'm building a stud wall to partition off an en-suite, the new stud will run parallel to the existing joists, unfortunately it wont be close enough to an existing joist to sister it so needs a new double joist for the sole plate (as per the BCO request). BCO advised for the exterior wall that i...

Hey all, Currently undertaking a complete bathroom renovation, stripping everything back and starting from the bottom up. It's an older wimpy no-fines house so the walls/structure isn't the typical brick or blockworks. The plan is to take down all of the plasterboard walls (the horrific...

Ok bit of a complicated one. I am in a converted flat in an industrial building that has concrete floors and ceilings think car park! I am removing stud walls to create open kitchen, living room. The stud walls are not structural to the building as they are not supporting concrete however I...

Hi, We've just moved into a new house needing some renovating. I've found some useful tips on here but now have a question, if anyone can help I'm about to remove a 1st floor studio wall to alter the room sizes... I'm fairly sure it's not helping to support the roof trusses, but I'm not happy...

Hi, we have a Virgin Media cable tv connector on one side of interior stud wall (bedroom) but the tv is on the reverse side of the wall with no connector. Temporarily we have run the cable along the bedroom floor and looped around the door to reach the living room tv. We would like to either...

I'm looking to build a little stud wall 1 metre wide by normal house room height. Would be great if it came ready finished if possible. Due to my age and health I wouldn't be able to build stud wall (timber, plasterboard, finish) myself. I would need 2 of these panels I would join at corner to...

I have an existing stud wall as part of a historic loft conversion. The plan is to move it back to increase the room space, insulate and turn it into cupboards rather than loft space. As far as I can tell this wouldn’t require planning or building control. Is this the case?

Hi, I'm planning to rearrange the walls in my 2 bed semi to allow for another bedroom. To do this effectively I need to move a stud wall that runs across the roof joists, by about 300mm. I've been up in the loft and there's a joint in the roof joists that sits on the stud wall. When i move the...

Hi, I have fitted a shower cubicle over a tray. All walls are covered with mermaid shower panels. 1 wall is a stud wall. 1 wall is (I believe) breeze block, but with a insulated plaster board dot and dabbed on front. 1 wall is standard plasterboard on what I now know is thermalite. I had...

We have a room with a stone archway and I want to create a partition in the archway with a door to create a separate room. We are using this as a cinema room so need to add some soundproofing. I have thought of a couple of solutions, 1. Hang some sliding doors - these would be big with not a...

We are renovating our bathroom and adding a shower. Its going in a corner, need to build a stud wall to complete the enclosure, before adding the screen door. Question is should the wall go up to ceiling or just above where the screen will sit? I'm thinking if three walls are at ceiling, the...