Hello.
I need help to understand if this is allowed.
We live in an apartment and have a non-load-bearing interior wall between the bedroom and bathroom. On the bedroom side, there is a thin plasterboard on studs, then an air gap and then particleboard on studs.
Our association is doing a plumbing replacement and has demolished the entire bathroom, exposing this wall from the bathroom side. One day when I came home, I saw that the workers had cut the vertical studs to which the plasterboards are attached, in order to route the pipes to the sink there. This has made the wall in the bedroom very unstable and started to bulge outward.
They have also attached a board on the inside of the plasterboard that seems intended for fastening the pipes.
My question is, is it really professional to cut vertical studs even if the wall is not load-bearing? Shouldn’t they install horizontal studs to provide support in such cases? Can you really attach the pipes to such an unstable wall?
I would appreciate an answer because I feel very uncertain about this, and the association's workers just dismiss my questions.
I need help to understand if this is allowed.
We live in an apartment and have a non-load-bearing interior wall between the bedroom and bathroom. On the bedroom side, there is a thin plasterboard on studs, then an air gap and then particleboard on studs.
Our association is doing a plumbing replacement and has demolished the entire bathroom, exposing this wall from the bathroom side. One day when I came home, I saw that the workers had cut the vertical studs to which the plasterboards are attached, in order to route the pipes to the sink there. This has made the wall in the bedroom very unstable and started to bulge outward.
They have also attached a board on the inside of the plasterboard that seems intended for fastening the pipes.
My question is, is it really professional to cut vertical studs even if the wall is not load-bearing? Shouldn’t they install horizontal studs to provide support in such cases? Can you really attach the pipes to such an unstable wall?
I would appreciate an answer because I feel very uncertain about this, and the association's workers just dismiss my questions.
Yes, they shouldn't leave it that way. Once they have the pipes in place, I hope they join on with a piece of stud and thus repair the cut-off studs.
By the way, are they going to use vinyl or tiles on the walls? Tiles require a very stable wall underneath.
By the way, are they going to use vinyl or tiles on the walls? Tiles require a very stable wall underneath.
There will be tiles later. There was a chipboard on the part of the wall that faces the bathroom. It is partially gone where they've cut the studs, I assume they will put the board back later. Do you think it is stable enough? Or do you need to put drywall too?
If tiles are to be installed, at least 2 layers of boards are required and if I'm not completely off track, a stud spacing of cc 30 or 45. But someone else will answer that 
But I must say that it doesn't feel like a really serious approach ..
But I must say that it doesn't feel like a really serious approach ..