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I have tried to find information about this without result. Maybe the solution is so obvious that it's not even worth asking about?
I'm going to build a sauna in a corner of a room (the garage) that has a concrete floor sloping down towards a floor drain in the middle of the room. If you measure the height difference in the floor between the inner corner (existing corner in the garage) and what will become the outer corner of the sauna, it differs by about 30-35 mm (sauna dimensions approx. 1.6m x 2.0m). The outer corner will thus "hover" in the air if you're aiming to have horizontal floor sills in your inner walls. Should you shim up with spacers or cut thin wedge-shaped extra studs to fill in? Or attach the sills flush and adjust each vertical wall stud?
/Thanks for the answer
//Jocke
I have tried to find information about this without result. Maybe the solution is so obvious that it's not even worth asking about?
I'm going to build a sauna in a corner of a room (the garage) that has a concrete floor sloping down towards a floor drain in the middle of the room. If you measure the height difference in the floor between the inner corner (existing corner in the garage) and what will become the outer corner of the sauna, it differs by about 30-35 mm (sauna dimensions approx. 1.6m x 2.0m). The outer corner will thus "hover" in the air if you're aiming to have horizontal floor sills in your inner walls. Should you shim up with spacers or cut thin wedge-shaped extra studs to fill in? Or attach the sills flush and adjust each vertical wall stud?
/Thanks for the answer
//Jocke
It doesn't really matter if the base plate in the wall isn't horizontal, does it?
We got a tip from our carpenters to build the first section by the floor on our basement walls. It's naturally a bit more work than just framing up the wall, but you get the advantage that any water won't damage the lower part of the wall. If you go with such a solution, you can first build a small wall, making sure the top is horizontal, and then place the wall on it.
We used regular leca blocks for our walls.
We got a tip from our carpenters to build the first section by the floor on our basement walls. It's naturally a bit more work than just framing up the wall, but you get the advantage that any water won't damage the lower part of the wall. If you go with such a solution, you can first build a small wall, making sure the top is horizontal, and then place the wall on it.
We used regular leca blocks for our walls.
Thanks for the quick response. No, getting the floor sills horizontal was mostly my own laziness. Otherwise, you have to adjust almost all the vertical studs so that at least they stand flush against the sill.
I will think about building a lower section. It could also help with leveling the floor in the sauna, where I plan to use leveling compound inside the floor frame and then lay my floor on top.
I will think about building a lower section. It could also help with leveling the floor in the sauna, where I plan to use leveling compound inside the floor frame and then lay my floor on top.
use sheet metal studs and a sheet metal track instead. it doesn't matter if the bottom track is not level