Stud Wall Surprise !

[Pinoy]

Hello.
Splitting a double garage with a metal stud wall.
The plan was to just follow the joist.
So, I put some noggins on for lateral stability and ran out of screws.
Popped over to ScrewFix and in a moment of madness decided to treat myself to a laser level...be careful what you wish for...what do I do now ?

1. Run the stud along the joist as planned even though not square ?

2. Add further noggins and attached metal U stud to noggins and have a square wall ?

Wish I had bought the level earlier...

Thanks

Phil

 

[cross thread]

Are you sure you have the laser set at 90 deg to the outside wall

 

[^woody^]

You need to check the walls for square and parallel, and decide how the new wall is to sit relative to them. Ignore the trusses.

 

[Pinoy]

Are you sure you have the laser set at 90 deg to the outside wall

Hi CrossThread....your experience/intuition is bang on !

Serves me right for assuming the worse....measured and joist is certainly parallel to wall.


Thanks.