Hello,
I am going to be putting up a new stud wall to divide a living room and hallway, with double french doors in the middle of the wall. This is the first time I have done anything like this so I am trying to make sure I understand every detail to stop things going wrong.
I am going to fit the studs into the new wall, leaving a gap, bridged by a noggin at the door height for the door opening. Then I'll fix the door lining/casing to the studs and noggin around the door opening.
I am planning on putting 12.5mm plasterboard onto the studs, and then decorating straight on top.
I realised that if I want the plasterboard to sit reasonable flush with the door casing (so the architrave will sit nicely over the gap) I need to make sure that the width of the studs in the wall is as close as possible to 25mm less than the width of the door casing (to account for the two layers of 12.5mm plasterboard). Or indeed that the door casing is 25mm wider than the studs.
I know that you can use different width studs, but is there any reason why you have to use a specific width door casing? I am planning on using a pair of Wickes french doors, which seem to come with a reccommended casing which is about 100mm wide, so do I need to use 75mm wide studs?
Or can I use 63mm studs, and use a random bit of 87mm wide wood for the door casing? The doors are 35mm thick.
Thanks.
I am going to be putting up a new stud wall to divide a living room and hallway, with double french doors in the middle of the wall. This is the first time I have done anything like this so I am trying to make sure I understand every detail to stop things going wrong.
I am going to fit the studs into the new wall, leaving a gap, bridged by a noggin at the door height for the door opening. Then I'll fix the door lining/casing to the studs and noggin around the door opening.
I am planning on putting 12.5mm plasterboard onto the studs, and then decorating straight on top.
I realised that if I want the plasterboard to sit reasonable flush with the door casing (so the architrave will sit nicely over the gap) I need to make sure that the width of the studs in the wall is as close as possible to 25mm less than the width of the door casing (to account for the two layers of 12.5mm plasterboard). Or indeed that the door casing is 25mm wider than the studs.
I know that you can use different width studs, but is there any reason why you have to use a specific width door casing? I am planning on using a pair of Wickes french doors, which seem to come with a reccommended casing which is about 100mm wide, so do I need to use 75mm wide studs?
Or can I use 63mm studs, and use a random bit of 87mm wide wood for the door casing? The doors are 35mm thick.
Thanks.