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Posted by Robert Allison on September 16, 2007, 11:28 am
marson wrote:
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>>MiamiCuse wrote:
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>>>I have a question about framing an interior wall.
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>>>The way I have seen it done, you have the bottom plate and top plate and
>>>studs in between, and the bottom plate to be PT since it's resting on
>>>concrete slab. The drywall goes on top.
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>>>However, I recently demoed part of my house, and I had to extend existing
>>>walls and build new walls. I did not notice it at the time, but today I
>>>realized that the original construction had nailed furring strips (seems to
>>>be 3/4" x 3") to the bottom plate on both sides. See the picture below:
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>>>http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/framing/P1010352.jpg
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>>>http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/framing/P1010354.jpg
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>>>and the drywall actually sit on top of it flushed. I also measured the
>>>ceiling and it's 99" above the slab instead of standard 96", I wonder if
>>>they raised the ceiling so as to accomodate 2 sheets of 4x8 and the strip at
>>>the bottom.
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>>>Is there any advantage of doing it this way? I would think the baseboards
>>>will attach better?
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>>>I was going to frame the new walls differently, but seeing now how they did
>>>it I think I have no choice but to do the same, or else my drywall will not
>>>touch the ceiling, and I have to buy drywall sheets that match the thickness
>>>of that strip.
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>>>Always running into surprises.
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>>>MC
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>>Sounds like someone used 8' 2x4s instead of studs and then
>>used the nailers to fill in at the bottom. Just leave off the
>>bottom nailer and use blocks to hold the base out at the
>>bottom, or use strips of sheetrock as filler strips.
>>
>>--
>>Robert Allison
>>Rimshot, Inc.
>>Georgetown, TX
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>
> Yeah robert, but if his base is only 3" tall, the top edge will fall
> right on the factory tapered seam--he'll have to crawl around on his
> hands and knees and mud that sucker then.
>
True, but you are going to have to really look hard to find a
base that is only 3". When you reach that size base it is
almost always 3-1/2" or 3-5/8". That shouldn't be a problem.
If he has some base that is problematic, then what I would
do is run a sheet of drywall to the ceiling, run a sheet to
1/2" off the floor and fill in the gap between the two sheets.
That way, there is just one joint to mud in the middle.
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
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