Restoring Internal Wall

DavidJonas

The house we bought last year is very open plan. Lounge, dining room and kitchen all knocked together. Turns out that all constantly living, eating etc in one room together is a pain. Especially in the winter with the kids. So we want to restore the wall that previously separated the lounge and dining room.

Don't like dividing doors. We had them in the old house and they didn't block out enough noise. I want a wall where we can hang pictures, etc.

The house is 1950's so my question is.. how easy is this? The wall looks load bearing so I believe there is a support up there, which surely just means ripping out the woodwork and cosmetically bricking it up. If there was a wall there then there must be something down there to build another one on. Then it can be plastered into the surrounding decor.

Does it even need this? Would a stud wall suffice? I wonder whether that would eliminate enough noise to isolate the rooms properly.

olias

Stud wall, block wall, brick wall, all will do the job. If using stud, then just use sound deadening insulation.

If you want to know whats underneath to build off, then just lift the carpet!

olias

drummer_666

Stud wall. That's the way a lot of houses (new and old) were built upstairs anyway. For extra sound installation, build two stud walls with a gap in between and fill with soundproofing wool etc. Then plasterboard.

System

stud wall would be your easiest/quickest solution - if you are thinking of hanging anything significant on it (like a tv wall mount) you can plan the studs around that