Living in a single-story terraced house with walls made of blue lightweight concrete and sitting on a concrete slab. I have measured a radon level higher than the limit. Planning to do substantial renovations over time, including moving some walls, which is beneficial as I can remove the lightweight concrete.
What is recommended for framing internal walls?? wood or steel, and choice of material for load-bearing wall?
What is recommended for framing internal walls?? wood or steel, and choice of material for load-bearing wall?
A common partition wall is usually constructed with 45x70 studs as a frame and then clad with gypsum or OSB/plyfa and gypsum. If you are building on a damp concrete slab, using metal studs of equivalent dimensions might be a good idea.
How you build load-bearing walls depends a bit on what they are supposed to support...
How you build load-bearing walls depends a bit on what they are supposed to support...
Regarding my change of partition walls.
The load-bearing wall supports rafters/tiled roof for a single-story house of just over 100 sqm. Rafters are about 8 m long. Current load-bearing wall in lightweight concrete. How strong might the studs need to be?
The load-bearing wall supports rafters/tiled roof for a single-story house of just over 100 sqm. Rafters are about 8 m long. Current load-bearing wall in lightweight concrete. How strong might the studs need to be?
