How much space does a stud wall take up?

babyblooz

I want to split my huge dining room/kitchen space up into kitchen and seperate dining room.

How much space will it take up, for the actual wooden framework plus the plasterboard, plus skimming etc?

Hubby thinks it will be about six inches - is this right?

Kiran

150mm would be an incredibly thick studwall and whilst it is theoretically possible I would say it was a complete waste. You would be looking at half that as a ball park figure. There are all sorts of ways you can shave a few mm off here and there, for example dry lining the wall instead of skimming etc but the savings in width would be quite difficult to notice.

The only thing you may need to consider is if you are putting in a door in the new wall you are creating, if this is the case your wall may need to be thicker to support the door frame etc but you would be able to acheive what you're after within a thickness of 100mm if you were going to use an ordinary panneled door.

babyblooz

Hello, yes, there would be a door to go into it, so, what would be the minimum thickness we could go with safely? Would the 100m figure still be doable?

Kiran

Plenty of info on stud walls online, but if I was building it with a normal panel door opening I would use CLS timber http://www.ajsmith.uk.com/clsf.htm (for timber dimensions not recommending a supplier ) which would give you a thickness of 68mm, 12.5mm tapered wall board each face and dry line the wall. That would give you a nominal thickness of 93mm.

Don't forget to insulate between the studs for sound and heat insulation.

The info above is just to give you an idea on the thickness of stud walls and aren't comprehensive construction details. Have a look online and there's loads more stuff to know or get in touch with a builder.

Hope thats of some use

Chippy_Minton_2

38 x 63mm studwork plus 9.5mm platerboard each side. So 82mm wall and then your skirting is about as thin as I'd go.

wallbash

Another fan of CLS for stud work .

Chippy_Minton_2

wallbash wrote: »

Another fan of CLS for stud work .

You know your stuff too.;)

Kiran

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

You know your stuff too.;)

So we all agree on the CLS then, lol.

I would use the thicker board as it comes in tapered edge and means you can dry line the joints otherwise I think you'd pobably lose any width saving you had made with the thinner board when you come to skim the entire wall. Also I prefer the 12.5 because you can get it in e check/ soundbloc or whatever the soundproof board are called now and also moisture check for inside the kitchen. Personal preference I guess!

Chippy_Minton_2

CLS the way to go and to be honest I'd use 96mm studs and 12.5mm board. I only illustrated to the OP how thin it could be.

andrew-b

Ok so humour me..why CLS..what justifies the extra cost for this job? I don't actually know so i'm interested in the arguments for it - especially as i'm considering building a small stud wall for the end of a wardrobe.

Andy

babyblooz

Wow thanks everybody! I get such fast responses on this website I think it is a miracle!

Thanks to all!!!:beer::beer::beer: