If you need to cut dozens of metal studs and tracks quickly use a circular saw fitted with a toothless carborundum metal cutting blade 7 when cutting individual steel studs or tracks with a circular saw cut on the closed or web side and support the piece tightly on sawhorses.
Frame partition wall attic top plate.
If the top plate lands between the joists nail it to blocking.
Check the partition for plumb photo by david carmack.
The fundamental framing of wood frame partition wall is identical to the framing of exterior walls.
The top plate can be either single or double.
It s now time to install the top wall plates.
A full height partition wall is relatively stable because its bottom plate is anchored to the floor and its top plate is secured to the ceiling.
Vertical studs extend between a sole plate at floor level and a top plate at ceiling level.
Set the top and sole plates side by side on the floor.
On center and sandwiched between top and bottom plates.
It can create two rooms from one section off space for a closet or bathroom or merely provide.
Partition walls are any walls that aren t against exterior foundation walls or walls that support floors above.
A wall is a collection of studs usually sized 2 4 or 2 6 equally spaced usually 16 in.
If the partition runs perpendicular to ceiling joists drive one 16d nail through the top plate into each joist.
Double plating is most common on load bearing walls unless the roof rafters or trusses and floor joists stack directly over the studs in the.
Anchoring to existing walls.
Never underestimate the power of a well placed wall.
Keeping your new wall parallel will make everything easier for you trust me.
Starting at one end measure and mark the plates every 16 inches.
Gable walls in attics often contain a window or a louvered vent near the peak of the roof.
Also in a basement the top and bottom plates are often different lengths.
Framing an interior wall with a sloped ceiling.
The wall studs will will support the frame of the new wall.
If the partition runs directly beneath a joist nail into it through the top plate in every stud bay.
Be sure the wall is parallel with the attic floor joists or a gable end wall in the attic.
Then with a combination square and a pencil extend the lines across the plates.