I am in the process of dividing a recreation room with a limited ceiling height of about 209 cm. I am working on installing a sliding door frame with module dimensions 17x20. The frame is attached to wooden studs on the sides. Thus, there is about 9 cm between the top of the door frame and the ceiling. I am using steel studs where the track in the ceiling is about 5 cm high. According to the norm, I should place a track with the bottom edge at 200 cm and insert studs between these two tracks. The problem is how to fit these in when the tracks overlap each other. Additionally, a flexible conduit for electricity should run in the gap. I am therefore considering the need for these studs and alternative solutions.
Alt. solution 1 is that I use a steel track that I attach to the upper steel track without having any studs in between. At one end, I bend down the track and attach it to a standing wooden stud.
Alt. solution 2 is that I attach a wooden stud lying in the upper steel track with the bottom edge at 200 cm.
Alt. solution 3 is that I do not use any lower stud at all since the drywall does not need to be screwed into it anyway.
What do you think? Are there more solutions that I have missed?
Alt. solution 1 is that I use a steel track that I attach to the upper steel track without having any studs in between. At one end, I bend down the track and attach it to a standing wooden stud.
Alt. solution 2 is that I attach a wooden stud lying in the upper steel track with the bottom edge at 200 cm.
Alt. solution 3 is that I do not use any lower stud at all since the drywall does not need to be screwed into it anyway.
What do you think? Are there more solutions that I have missed?
