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(OK, not floating, that means something else - not connected to ceiling is what I mean)
I am going to build a stud wall for one end of my new shower - I've never done this before!
I have 20cm to play with and to build into it a shelf, if possible. Will keep it simple, probably, and have it 20cm thick at the bottom, and then reducing at shelf height. But how thin can it be? I guess width of plasterboard, tile board, and the stud work - is one inch timber enough? A 10cm shelf will probably be enough, but if I could get 15cm then all the better.
To complicate things ... (hopefully make easier for me) I was thinking of stopping the wall at shower enclosure height, rather than go to ceiling (there pipes and electrics up there, and the loft ladder goes where the wall will finish, so putting in a noggin will be a dusty headache). I have solid wall and can put a solid timber base down 20cm wide. The room side of the wall will also be 20cm deep to fix up to the shower door, so will have additional support that side. Just, is it wise to have a "floating wall" (I have no idea what these are actually called!).
Rough drawing using MS Paint ...
Here's the room at the moment - that bit of wood by the tray is just there as a door stop right now.
I am going to build a stud wall for one end of my new shower - I've never done this before!
I have 20cm to play with and to build into it a shelf, if possible. Will keep it simple, probably, and have it 20cm thick at the bottom, and then reducing at shelf height. But how thin can it be? I guess width of plasterboard, tile board, and the stud work - is one inch timber enough? A 10cm shelf will probably be enough, but if I could get 15cm then all the better.
To complicate things ... (hopefully make easier for me) I was thinking of stopping the wall at shower enclosure height, rather than go to ceiling (there pipes and electrics up there, and the loft ladder goes where the wall will finish, so putting in a noggin will be a dusty headache). I have solid wall and can put a solid timber base down 20cm wide. The room side of the wall will also be 20cm deep to fix up to the shower door, so will have additional support that side. Just, is it wise to have a "floating wall" (I have no idea what these are actually called!).
Rough drawing using MS Paint ...
Here's the room at the moment - that bit of wood by the tray is just there as a door stop right now.
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