Build An Interior Wall With Door
Calculate the placement for any door opening and cut the jack and cripple studs to length.
Build an interior wall with door. Build the header and have it ready when you layout the rest of the wall framing. So the rough opening for the door we were installing was 81 1 2 82 1 2 tall and 34 wide. Important note here about the height of the door rough opening.
This is called tilt up construction. Start by putting your base and top plates together on the ground on their 1 5 faces. The process of construction begins with the mounting horizontal profiles rails to the floor and ceiling using screws which will serve to support the walls.
Now count how many x s you have on one of the plates and start cutting the 2 4 studs to length for every x you have. Paint the wall with one coat of paint and allow it to dry. Use finish nails to nail molding to the wall around the door and along the bottom edge of the wall.
Cut the header and have it ready when you layout the rest of the wall framing. In new construction houses and additions complete interior walls are built on the floor then they are tilted up and fastened into place. When calculating your door rough opening you always add 1 1 2 to 2 1 2 for the height depending on the flooring and 2 for the width.
It is much easier to build the wall frame on the floor then pivot it up into position. Lay the top and soleplates side by side and measure starting from one end. Calculate the placement for any door opening and cut the jack and cripple studs to length.
If you want to build an interior plasterboard wall you should have the plasterboard itself screws metal rails and rack profiles. Building your interior wall frame now you are ready to start framing the wall. Build the frame with the lumber laying on edge on the floor next to where it will be erected.