Hello!
I have built a wall that is 130x100 cm.
It is attached to an existing wall and to the floor.
I built it with 2 horizontal 45x45 wooden studs and between these, 6 vertical 45x45 studs. However, I find it unstable. It wobbles to the right and left if viewed from the front and pressed. How do I make it stable?
Grateful for tips
I have built a wall that is 130x100 cm.
It is attached to an existing wall and to the floor.
I built it with 2 horizontal 45x45 wooden studs and between these, 6 vertical 45x45 studs. However, I find it unstable. It wobbles to the right and left if viewed from the front and pressed. How do I make it stable?
Grateful for tips
It will be difficult to achieve any stability in a construction that is not attached to the ceiling.
You can try screwing steel bands in a cross pattern on both sides, but I doubt it will help. Otherwise, unfortunately, you might have to place a post at the end of the wall, attached to the floor and ceiling.
You can try screwing steel bands in a cross pattern on both sides, but I doubt it will help. Otherwise, unfortunately, you might have to place a post at the end of the wall, attached to the floor and ceiling.
If you screw steel bands and glue and screw the boards (plaster or chipboard or whatever you choose), it will probably be fairly stable anyway, but it's probably not something you want to lean on...
make it twice as thick and it will be stable
"It's stable"
"It's stable"
set up a half-wall against the basement stairs at home, with 45x45 on cc30 + noggings, it is attached to the floor and one side, fully glued chipboard on both sides against all studs and then fully glued drywall against the chipboard. it became really stable.
The wall should merge with another wall and therefore must have the same thickness = 45x45 studs with 13 mm gypsum on each side.
I think I've come up with a solution:
The floor is concrete, so I will drill a hole and insert a rebar that I will cast in place. Then I'll place a post over the rebar and cast it in place. Screw the 45x45 studs to this post at the end of the wall.
That should be stable?
I think I've come up with a solution:
The floor is concrete, so I will drill a hole and insert a rebar that I will cast in place. Then I'll place a post over the rebar and cast it in place. Screw the 45x45 studs to this post at the end of the wall.
That should be stable?
I would suggest that you try to get hold of some pieces of galvanized iron, or stainless steel, otherwise there's a risk it might rust after a while.
Just make sure you don't drill into any underfloor heating pipes, that seems to be popular lately..
Just make sure you don't drill into any underfloor heating pipes, that seems to be popular lately..
I myself have a wall that's 3x1m and brutally stable, but it's built with 45x70... so it's unfortunate you can't use this...
45x45 can hardly be called studs...
45x45 can hardly be called studs...
To build this type of wall, you should use at least 70 mm studs. Ideally, 95 mm, I would argue. Steel studs are used for a lighter and better construction. Ideally, reinforcement tracks at the top and bottom, then you can add wooden studs to it if desired. Reinforcement tracks or FSK, as it is beautifully abbreviated, are extremely good in this case. We have used it in many projects to provide stability for this type of wall. Then you MUST use 2 layers of boards per side, either double gypsum but preferably 5-layer plywood of 13 mm and gypsum. The construction can also be screw-glued.