Stud Wall - What To Do

[cp33c]

Hi all,

I've got a wall that I'd like to make flat, but I'm not entirely sure what the best way to go about it is. In the attached pic, there is a stud wall that separates the living and dining room, where the owners before us had the attached garage converted into a dining room. Originally there looks to have been one large hole, and then at some point the stud wall and doorway was added. I'd like to make it completely flat, instead of the indent. I'm stuck between adding another stud wall and then capping it off against the already there stud wall, or tearing down the existing wall, and making a thicker stud wall, or getting someone in to brick it up instead.

If anyone has any advice that would be great, thanks

 

[foxhole]

Depends if you want the recess in the dining room or not? New stud wall then remake door lining , insulated.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Why not infill the recess with floor to ceiling book shelving or a made to fit wall unit instead?

 

[cp33c]

Why not infill the recess with floor to ceiling book shelving or a made to fit wall unit instead?

Yes, I've already had that conversation with my partner I did not win.

 

[cp33c]

Depends if you want the recess in the dining room or not? New stud wall then remake door lining , insulated.

Is there a reason why the recess needs to exist on either side? Can I build another stud wall on the living room side and then bridge the two ends together as such? Or is that just a stupid idea?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Is there a reason why the recess needs to exist on either side? Can I build another stud wall on the living room side and then bridge the two ends together as such? Or is that just a stupid idea?

No. Yes. Yes and no

 

[foxhole]

What he said .

 

[cp33c]

No. Yes. Yes and no

Hahaha. Okay. Why is it a bad idea?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Hahaha. Okay. Why is it a bad idea?

To reiterate...

Is there a reason why the recess needs to exist on either side?

No

Can I build another stud wall on the living room side and then bridge the two ends together as such?

Yes, yes

Or is that just a stupid idea?

...and no. So I don"t think that building another stud wall and tieing it in to the original is a bad idea...

 

[cp33c]

To reiterate...

No

Yes, yes

...and no. So I don"t think that building another stud wall and tieing it in to the original is a bad idea...

Ah sorry about that. Many thanks for your help. Now I better start planning it! Haha