Is it possible to put a door into a stud wall?

mylifemyrules

Hi, hoping to split the largest double room, removing built in cupboards. Small landing can we put up a stud wall and put in the second door in like that? How much do you reckon? Thank you 

Ebe_Scrooge

"Is it possible to put a door into a stud wall?".  Absolutely.  My house, in common with a lot in Scotland, is timber-framed so every wall is a stud wall.

Cost?  Sorry, no idea, but I'd hazard a guess that it's rather cheaper than installing one in a solid wall (especially a load-bearing one).  And if you're installing a new stud wall purely as a divider, it is by definition not load-bearing.

MikeJXE

If you are doing it yourself Wicks do an internal door frame (lining) for about £40m plus a cheap door another £40 then you need furniture and hinges so total less than £100

Section62

mylifemyrules said:

Hi, hoping to split the largest double room, removing built in cupboards. Small landing can we put up a stud wall and put in the second door in like that? How much do you reckon? Thank you 

It isn't obvious how you want to do the split - you've only got one window and you'll need two (if both rooms will be bedrooms). Providing access to the room on the right (of the plan) will seriously constrain the size of the room on the left.  If you wanted both rooms to have beds in them then I'm not sure there's a workable solution.  Can you show us on the plan where you want to put the wall(s)?

On the other hand, if you were looking at storage/office space then yes, you can build a stud wall as a partition and put a door in it.  If you want to alter existing walls then don't forget that any wall - even stud walls - can be loadbearing.

Mutton_Geoff

How will you go about fitting a window in the newly created room?

mylifemyrules

Well I was planning to remove the large window and replace with two new ones in terms of how we split it I don't know yet I will go with whatever the builder's suggest. Any suggestions would be brilliant thank you. 

Mutton_Geoff

New stud wall, door, electrics  window, making good, decorating. I'd say around £4k-£7k depending how much you can DIY.

jonnydeppiwish!

MikeJXE said:

If you are doing it yourself Wicks do an internal door frame (lining) for about £40m plus a cheap door another £40 then you need furniture and hinges so total less than £100

That would be just for the door. You also need to adjust the stud work to create the opening, so if using cls (probably 2 by 4) then add another £50-£60 on top.

Apodemus

MikeJXE said:

If you are doing it yourself Wicks do an internal door frame (lining) for about £40m ....

I knew timber prices had gone up, but....! 

silvercar

If you want all 3 bedrooms to have landing access, that new bedroom is going to be small as the landing will have to be extended to have a door into the current largest bedroom.

diystarter7

Yes, can put door/s etc.  Stud wall, spend time and extra effort on that and good materials and personally I'd not only nail/screw the stud wall but use a good glue like Gun Grip to obtain a very soild structure and less of of a chance it slightly moving, creaking especially if a heavier door used and accidental slamming of doors etc.

Any thing and everything I've done around the house has been over-engineered as it is for us and last a lot longer and in a better condition.  (EG, flat-pack range-topping drawers, though glue is not required I've always added it.)

Cost depends on the materials - chose your materials and then shop like for like, more often than not you may find them a bit cheaper