Our kitchen hallway is barely a door's width and was previously also a door's depth, consisting of three doors and a shoe rack on the fourth wall. A wonderful situation where you had to back in and out through different doors to open them and then proceed, etc. We took down one side and the back wall and got a hallway that is about 2.5 m deep. However, the wall to the right will be rebuilt as it separates from the kitchen, but we will shift the opening to the kitchen to the inner area that we opened up to. However, a wall must now be built against the kitchen containing this opening, and I would like to hear what your wise minds and experiences suggest or advise against regarding building a wall as thin as possible. Every cm not used for the wall is needed for space and storage.
The wall needs to be able to hold a potential mirror, clock, console table, and possibly a door frame without a door or an opening with a frame. No special soundproofing is needed since there is an opening that covers 2/3 of the wall.
In the picture, you can see the green fridge/freezer garage in the kitchen against which it will be built, the location of the old wall, and the front door as well as the basement door to the right (which will later be on a track).
The wall needs to be able to hold a potential mirror, clock, console table, and possibly a door frame without a door or an opening with a frame. No special soundproofing is needed since there is an opening that covers 2/3 of the wall.
In the picture, you can see the green fridge/freezer garage in the kitchen against which it will be built, the location of the old wall, and the front door as well as the basement door to the right (which will later be on a track).
The thinnest possible is probably a standing plank wall that only consists of a layer of one and a half inch tongue-and-groove floorboards possibly clad with extra-thin drywall or masonite. Then the whole wall is about 5 cm thick.
I tore down a larger wall between the kitchen and dining room in our house but still wanted to have a section of wall. I built a square out of 45*45 and inset OSB in the middle with drywall on each side so it aligned with the studs. Added some trim on the outer ends. Did a little spackling and painted.
Overall satisfied, but there's a risk that the paint will crack since drywall and wood behave a bit differently with changes in temperature and humidity.
Overall satisfied, but there's a risk that the paint will crack since drywall and wood behave a bit differently with changes in temperature and humidity.
Had to go back and check. Fun that some photos were taken, even if they're not detailed.MmeMim said:
Used angle brackets to hold the OSB and temporarily screwed the drywall on one side with a few short screws, then drywall on the other side and longer (38mm or so) screws from both sides.
I also wanted to be able to screw things into the wall; otherwise, perhaps a thinner solution would have sufficed. On the fridge side, I didn't want a trim that extended outward, so I painted the frame with lacquer. Looks quite like trim if you're not examining it too closely. Fortunately, it's not something I've noticed or been bothered by afterward.
