Hello,
after being an avid forum reader for the last 2.5 years since I became a homeowner, it's now time to start tackling the renovation of the house.
I have a single-story house with a basement built in 1975 and plan to gradually renovate almost the entire house. A rough plan for the renovation is made, and first in line is the study.
The wall between the bedroom and the study consists, as I can understand from drawings and from what I can see and knock on, of closets whose back panels are covered with particle boards.
The plan is to replace the "closet wall" with a "regular" framed wall, in order to increase the space in the study, with the idea that both I and my partner should be able to fit our "home workspaces" in the same room. In connection with this, we will also begin to install network wiring and renew and extend the electricity.
I've been advised by a friend to use steel tracks and steel studs instead of wooden studs and to first attach a wooden board to these and then a gypsum board on top of the wooden board, making it easier to attach things to the walls.
Well, now to my first questions on the forum:
1. Are my friend's suggestions good or bad advice?
2. Should the wooden board be particle board or OSB board? Advantages/disadvantages?
3. Should the gypsum boards be attached with the seams offset from the wooden board seams?
4. Is it sufficient to attach the gypsum boards with screws to the wooden boards, or should they also be glued?
5. What type of screw should be used to attach the wooden boards, wood screw or metal screw?
6. What type of screw should be used to attach the gypsum boards, gypsum screw or wood screw?
// Martin N.
after being an avid forum reader for the last 2.5 years since I became a homeowner, it's now time to start tackling the renovation of the house.
I have a single-story house with a basement built in 1975 and plan to gradually renovate almost the entire house. A rough plan for the renovation is made, and first in line is the study.
The wall between the bedroom and the study consists, as I can understand from drawings and from what I can see and knock on, of closets whose back panels are covered with particle boards.
The plan is to replace the "closet wall" with a "regular" framed wall, in order to increase the space in the study, with the idea that both I and my partner should be able to fit our "home workspaces" in the same room. In connection with this, we will also begin to install network wiring and renew and extend the electricity.
I've been advised by a friend to use steel tracks and steel studs instead of wooden studs and to first attach a wooden board to these and then a gypsum board on top of the wooden board, making it easier to attach things to the walls.
Well, now to my first questions on the forum:
1. Are my friend's suggestions good or bad advice?
2. Should the wooden board be particle board or OSB board? Advantages/disadvantages?
3. Should the gypsum boards be attached with the seams offset from the wooden board seams?
4. Is it sufficient to attach the gypsum boards with screws to the wooden boards, or should they also be glued?
5. What type of screw should be used to attach the wooden boards, wood screw or metal screw?
6. What type of screw should be used to attach the gypsum boards, gypsum screw or wood screw?
// Martin N.
Hi Martin.enflex said:
1: Good advice.
Easier to work with, but a bit more expensive. I use steel as often as I can.2: OSB board is preferable, the screw holds better.
3: Yes, the stiffness becomes much better, if you have the same on both sides it's not as important because the wall will be relatively stiff anyway, but just as well to do it right while you're at it.
4: Gluing is overkill, but attach them to the battens behind so you press the OSB firmly.
5: There's a specific screw for OSB to steel, ask at the store, I don't remember the exact name.
6: Same here, plaster screws for steel (meant for 2 layers of plaster, so you reach the battens).
Good luck
Hello,
Thanks for the answers.
Another question has come up:
7. It's very lyhört in the house which makes me wonder if it is appropriate to install some form of insulation in the new wall. If so, what type?
// Martin N.
Thanks for the answers.
Another question has come up:
7. It's very lyhört in the house which makes me wonder if it is appropriate to install some form of insulation in the new wall. If so, what type?
// Martin N.
As Gadu wrote, for example, double plasterboard and mineral wool.
It should be added that if you leave it uninsulated, the wall acts like a bass box, and all resonance travels around in the wall.
Besides the fact that you should (in my opinion) insulate, there is a way to build a "sound wall" by drilling holes into the next space so that the sound continues without stopping.
I notice when I write that it cannot be explained without pictures.
Then you have the option with double base plates and 15mm air. So, from one wall to the other.
Plasterboard
Metal studs with mineral wool
15mm air
Metal studs with mineral wool
Plasterboard.
Alternatively, double plasterboard on one side or both sides.
It should be added that if you leave it uninsulated, the wall acts like a bass box, and all resonance travels around in the wall.
Besides the fact that you should (in my opinion) insulate, there is a way to build a "sound wall" by drilling holes into the next space so that the sound continues without stopping.
I notice when I write that it cannot be explained without pictures.
Then you have the option with double base plates and 15mm air. So, from one wall to the other.
Plasterboard
Metal studs with mineral wool
15mm air
Metal studs with mineral wool
Plasterboard.
Alternatively, double plasterboard on one side or both sides.
Do you mean that I should replace the OSB board with a gypsum board, or should I add another gypsum board; (1) steel stud+steel wool+gypsum+gypsum or (2) steel stud+steel wool+OSB+gypsum+gypsum?gadu^ said:
// Martin N.
Thanks for all the responses!
Sometimes my fingers move a bit too quickly over the keyboard. Thanks for pointing out about the insulation, of course, I meant stone wool and not steel wool.
Insulating with Svinto - not a good solution?
// Martin N.
Sometimes my fingers move a bit too quickly over the keyboard. Thanks for pointing out about the insulation, of course, I meant stone wool and not steel wool.
Insulating with Svinto - not a good solution?
// Martin N.