Hi everyone!
I've read threads, googled around, and talked to chatgpt until my eyes are bleeding, and everyone comes up with different solutions and suggestions. So before I go crazy, I thought I'd write here and see if someone can help me with some concrete answers!
In the attached image, I have drawn up how I plan to stud, insulate, and put OSB + plasterboard against the existing wall.
The ceiling is sloped, the floor is sloped, and there are no measurements similar to another. A real head-scratcher!
The yellow lines in the image are how I plan to frame 45x70. The pink lines indicate how I plan to lay the plasterboard over the OSB boards with staggered joints (I read that this was very important!).
The sill will be screwed to the floor and will follow the slope, and the top plate will be perfectly straight from the ceiling's lowest points (attached to the ceiling) at the ceiling joist and out towards the walls.
Does this look OK, or have I gone mad and made it too complicated?
I'm wondering about the gaps (marked with red arrows) above the top plate, how the heck do I fix such a cavity in the best way?
When the sill follows the floor's slope, how do I place a baseboard neatly? Is it just to place it along with the floor's slope, or will it look crazy?
Since the sill follows the slope, I will have to cut different lengths on all the standing studs. I guess I need to cut the ends against the sill at some kind of angle too? Do I need to think the same way with the OSB and plasterboard?
VERY grateful for answers! I'll probably come up with more things tonight as I twist and turn in thought agony...
I've read threads, googled around, and talked to chatgpt until my eyes are bleeding, and everyone comes up with different solutions and suggestions. So before I go crazy, I thought I'd write here and see if someone can help me with some concrete answers!
In the attached image, I have drawn up how I plan to stud, insulate, and put OSB + plasterboard against the existing wall.
The ceiling is sloped, the floor is sloped, and there are no measurements similar to another. A real head-scratcher!
The yellow lines in the image are how I plan to frame 45x70. The pink lines indicate how I plan to lay the plasterboard over the OSB boards with staggered joints (I read that this was very important!).
The sill will be screwed to the floor and will follow the slope, and the top plate will be perfectly straight from the ceiling's lowest points (attached to the ceiling) at the ceiling joist and out towards the walls.
Does this look OK, or have I gone mad and made it too complicated?
I'm wondering about the gaps (marked with red arrows) above the top plate, how the heck do I fix such a cavity in the best way?
When the sill follows the floor's slope, how do I place a baseboard neatly? Is it just to place it along with the floor's slope, or will it look crazy?
Since the sill follows the slope, I will have to cut different lengths on all the standing studs. I guess I need to cut the ends against the sill at some kind of angle too? Do I need to think the same way with the OSB and plasterboard?
VERY grateful for answers! I'll probably come up with more things tonight as I twist and turn in thought agony...
Good question... I just thought I wanted to build 'a straight wall' and not follow the slope. Maybe it was a dumb idea?P para said:
Brick and plaster! Or, Plaster -> Brick -> Plaster, to be precise.R Robin95 said:
The house is heated sporadically during fall/spring/winter, I think it stays around 8-10C at the coldest. Then it stays steadily around 18-20 in the summer. A few radiators and a wood-burning stove and fireplace.
So I should just follow the slope in both the ceiling and the floor then, quite simply?S salkin85 said:
Yes exactly. Cut and saw the panels so they follow the floor and ceiling. Trim them a bit shorter and lift them up to the ceiling. The skirting board will hide any small gap between the drywall and the floor.niklaskrig said:
