Walls

In Depth:

Many remodeling projects involve building or relocating one or more interior walls. Oneida has been using it's basic carpentry skills for a while now as interior walls often correlate with work that is done with windows and doors as well.

Depending on the nature of your existing floor, walls, and ceiling, you may have to peel away some surface materials to provide for secure attachment at the top, bottom, and ends of the new wall. If the new wall won’t butt into studs at the connecting wall or fall directly beneath a ceiling joist, you must install nailing blocks between the framing pieces.

A typical interior wall has a skeleton of vertical 2-by-4 studs that stand between horizontal 2-by-4 base and top plates. However, if a wall will contain extensive plumbing, it should be built from 2-by-6 studs and plates.

The framework is typically covered with gypsum wallboard or lath and plaster; in a bathroom, with water-resistant “green” wallboard and tile backerboard and tile. After you finish the framing, there are multple techniques used for cutting and attaching drywall or paneling. Oneida uses whatever is necessary to get the job done right considering the circumstance.