Cupboard under the stairs

[meddyuk]

Hiya Wondered if you could be of any help.

I am wanting to create a cupboard under the stairs, so i can put the ironing board and hoover away, and also to have some shelving.

I have a 800mm square concrete block that the old boiler used to sit on, which cannot be removed, so i would have to put a wall at the side of this and put the floor of the cupboard ontop of the concrete block.

My problem is that the only way i can think of building the cupboard, is to make some kind of stud partition wall. The problem there is....can i do this with the sloped nature of the stairs?

Can anyone give me any tips on building this cupbord? I have enclosed some dimensions of the stairs

Cheers

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[DevilDamo]

I'm not sure if I fully understand the question

Are you asking if you can build a stud partition with a slope? If so, then the answer's yes. How do you think stud walls in lofts are formed?

 

[meddyuk]

Yeah, the angled stud wall is what im after, im just wondering how i would attach the head plate and how to actually construct it, as i've never done it before. The width of the wall is 720mm.

 

[DevilDamo]

Are you talking about forming a stud wall perpendicular to the soffit of the stairs and the floor, thus having a "cranked" stud as such? If so, why not just form a vertical stud wall off the floor with a sole plate and then run another sole plate along the soffit of the stairs, cut the vertical studs to suit and then fix together, which is traditionally how it's done?

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[foxhole]

Why can't the concrete be removed, is it an Antique? or maybe listed?