Build small wall in staircase

[Jessica Sjöö]

Hello everyone, I could really use some help as an extremely DIY-enthusiastic amateur who hasn't done more than butter knives in woodshop a hundred years ago. I'm in the process of renovating the staircase and have now enclosed it, on the side marked in red a wall and railing will be built, kind of integrated into the wall. I'm considering enclosing it and putting up a door, but that depends on how difficult it is. Now to the question, is it possible to use just MDF or should I perhaps use masonite or just gypsum? It will be painted afterward. I won't be putting shelves and stuff on the wall later. Grateful for tips.

 

[toolman77]

I have done the same thing and described it here

https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/projekt-bygga-in-kaellartrappen.315705/

 

[Jessica Sjöö]

I have done the same thing and described it here

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Thanks

 

[toolman77]

By the way, I can really recommend bombing the risers to reduce creaking from the stairs. Yours look like they might be cracking.

 

[Jessica Sjöö]

By the way, I can really recommend bombarding the stair treads to reduce creaking from the staircase. Yours seem to be kraka

What is that? The staircase creaks a bit now, but it did before too. It depends a bit on how much the person walking on it weighs.

 

[toolman77]

What is it? The stairs creak a bit now but they did before as well. It depends somewhat on how much the person walking on them weighs.

To bomb something is to make it convex. That is, to give the riser a slight rounding at the top so that it only contacts the tread above at one point. This prevents the wooden parts from sliding against each other and reduces creaking.