I'm looking to split the garage (new build house garage 2yrs old) with a stud wall into a storage area at the front and the gym area at the back. The stud wall would be 3.2m wide and 254cm high.
I had some questions:
- The stud wall will have a top plate fixed to the existing ceiling joist (35x70). I am assuming I don't need to strengthen the joist or put a new one in? Worst case would be putting a TV on the wall so maybe 10kg or so.
- I was planning to use 4x2 CLS for the studs and plates. I wasn't sure of the best way to fix the plate to the floor... how deep and either just use screws or use resin studs? I had some concern about bringing damp to the surface hence my question as my understanding is new build garage don't have any DPM. When we first moved in the floor was levelled and then tanked around the edges and painted with heavy duty floor paint which has not shown any signs of damp so far.
- I've not decided over MDF or Plywood for the finish and was thinking of only doing the gym side as this has the advantage that if I wanted to fix something heavy to the wall gym side I could easily add additional support between the studs at the chosen height. Any thought on the best option?
- The gym floor would be a DP membrane, then 20mm 1x1m rubber gym tiles or similar on top. Should I take the DP membrane a reasonable distance up the wall given there haven't been problem with damp so far? Or is the DP membrane just overkill? I am assuming I should use some DP membrane to the wall studs and the floor plate in any case?
Thank you
I had some questions:
- The stud wall will have a top plate fixed to the existing ceiling joist (35x70). I am assuming I don't need to strengthen the joist or put a new one in? Worst case would be putting a TV on the wall so maybe 10kg or so.
- I was planning to use 4x2 CLS for the studs and plates. I wasn't sure of the best way to fix the plate to the floor... how deep and either just use screws or use resin studs? I had some concern about bringing damp to the surface hence my question as my understanding is new build garage don't have any DPM. When we first moved in the floor was levelled and then tanked around the edges and painted with heavy duty floor paint which has not shown any signs of damp so far.
- I've not decided over MDF or Plywood for the finish and was thinking of only doing the gym side as this has the advantage that if I wanted to fix something heavy to the wall gym side I could easily add additional support between the studs at the chosen height. Any thought on the best option?
- The gym floor would be a DP membrane, then 20mm 1x1m rubber gym tiles or similar on top. Should I take the DP membrane a reasonable distance up the wall given there haven't been problem with damp so far? Or is the DP membrane just overkill? I am assuming I should use some DP membrane to the wall studs and the floor plate in any case?
Thank you
I was thinking of ply and use some contrasting painted spare bits of ply or even a piece of 18x69 over the join and possibly a bit either side. Add some interest, cover the joins and look different.