Divide wall with wall plate..

[Gnistan]

Does anyone have any opinions on/objections to dividing a wall that's over 4 meters high with a top plate at 2.50 (short studs)?

The construction is a shed roof, and building it in one piece feels too high and wobbly. Therefore, I thought about framing up to 2.50 all around and then building the rest separately.

In that case, do I need to lay a new "syll" or is it okay to toenail the continued vertical studs?

Anything else in particular I need to think about..?

 

[Mats]

I think it will risk becoming even more unstable by breaking off the entire wall.

Can't you build full height and recess a 45X45, for example, instead? It should be just as sturdy on the side and significantly stronger in height.

 

[Gnistan]

There will be a whole lot of cuts if I'm going to inset into a 40m wall

Maybe it won't be so wobbly after all, and at the top, I'll still inset a 45x195 standing under the hammer beam...

 

[Gnistan]

Thanks, that's probably how it will be instead..

The wall is 45-120, with horizontal 45-45 on both the inside and outside..

But nogging a bit higher sounds stable and good, so let's do it..!!

 

[Mats]

Wait a minute here.

So you’re supposed to have 45X45 horizontal plus 45X120 vertical and then another 45X45 horizontal?

Drive two nails into each intersection and angle them outward into the 45X120 board and it should be more than sturdy enough. Since you have double 45s with space between them, they strongly reinforce each other.

 

[Gnistan]

Yes, that's how the walls will be..

All to avoid thermal bridges, plus it will be convenient to run electricity and other things inside the plastic on the inside in the "channels" created between the 45s..

Now that I've thought about it a bit, it seems more and more obvious that we'll put the walls all the way up instead of joining them in the middle..

 

[Mats]

Yep, it is very convenient.