This is exactly what I am trying to do with my living room space! It's right by the front door and I was wanting to add a wall and make it an additional bedroom for rental purposes! The garage is also right behind this and that will help me save space from a corner closet I was planning to do! Thank you. Great video
You can put a new stud in the wall that it is butting up against. I screwed my adjoining top plates and bottom plates together. Ideally it would meet up with a stud on the adjoining wall.
What if the top plate of the new wall runs the direction of the ceiling joist but not directly under it. How would you stabilize the top plate? Thanks for your videos, God bless
That’s exactly how mine was. It is covered in the video at 1:30, though it was brief. I put a perpendicular 2x6 in between the two ceiling joists that run parallel with the new non-loadbearing wall and attached my new top plate to perpendicular 2x6 as well as screwed long screws from the new top plate and bottom plate into the top and bottom plates of the adjoining walls.
How much weight would you say a nonbearing wall can support? For example, if a client wants some heavy cabinets to be hung from the wall. If everyong is mounted into the studs, how many pounds can a nonbearing wall support?
You should consult your local contractor or structural engineer for weight limits on your particular situation. Load bearing or non-load bearing walls should be able to support the standard kitchen cabinets as long as it is properly tied into the adjoining walls. Check with you local contractor for your particular situation.👍
I am putting in a partition wall in the existing room and need to know how much damage I will cause by going directly through the carpet with base plate screws? I don't want to put back carpet since this wall may come down in a couple years and the carpet is only 2 years old
I address this at 1:33 in the video. What I did for mine was add a board in between the ceiling joist that I can screw the top plate into. Make sure to check with your local codes and ordinances to make sure you’re within compliance.
Did you use a prehung french door ? I want to do the same thing to cozy up a recroom but need a bit of guidance on hanging french doors that are not prehung.
The doors that I purchased were pre-hung. Have you looked up how to build a frame for a door? That would probably be helpful if you don’t have pre-hung doors.
So convenient you had that space in the garage. I wonder how much this would cost to hire out, I couldn’t do it myself. I hear people calling these rooms “zoom rooms” 🙂 It makes sense since so many people work from home now. Great job I really like this idea.
Oh my gosh, you’re amazing. I’ve need my door jamb fixed for 5 years and can’t find anyone to do it. And you built an entire room... hang my head in shame
@@rutterrealtygc my dad replaced my old door. He took out the old door jamb and it looked awful. I hired someone to fix it and he just nailed in the same pieces of wood and left it. I’d like to do it myself, but I’m a complete moron when it comes to that stuff. Don’t want to mess it up anymore than it is...
@@rutterrealtygc hmm I don't think I understand. Looking to do something similar to this and from what I've seen the top plate that attaches to the ceiling doesn't need to be doubled up. But I'm wondering if you have a reason or a trick that you do it that way.
how did you find the joist when you were installing/nailing the wood to the ceiling? What if where you want to put your extra room, doesn't have a joist exactly where you want your non-load bearing wall to be?
I covered this with voiceover in the video between 1:30-1:50, but my ceiling joists didn’t line up with my wall either. I added a few boards in between the ceiling joists and screwed the top of plat into those in addition to the top plates of the adjoining walls.
@@rutterrealtygc what if the ceiling is not already exposed to add a stud, would I have to remove the ceiling(sheetrock) to add some? Or is there another way?
Not all walls need blocking. In general, load-bearing walls require blocking, while non-load-bearing walls do not. It's not code unless the wall is 10+ feet in many areas and this wall is only 8ft.
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This is exactly what I am trying to do with my living room space! It's right by the front door and I was wanting to add a wall and make it an additional bedroom for rental purposes! The garage is also right behind this and that will help me save space from a corner closet I was planning to do! Thank you. Great video
You’re welcome! Best of luck with your project!!
Very fun to watch. Thank you for sharing this video.
Thank you for the comment! 😊 God bless!
Not sure if you did it, but on exterior wall should include vapor barrier or retarder if the garage is not heated/AC.
Totally true! Good tip!
If I understood correctly, you said that you don't need to connect the end stud to one in the wall. Is that correct?
You can put a new stud in the wall that it is butting up against. I screwed my adjoining top plates and bottom plates together. Ideally it would meet up with a stud on the adjoining wall.
What if the top plate of the new wall runs the direction of the ceiling joist but not directly under it. How would you stabilize the top plate? Thanks for your videos, God bless
That’s exactly how mine was. It is covered in the video at 1:30, though it was brief. I put a perpendicular 2x6 in between the two ceiling joists that run parallel with the new non-loadbearing wall and attached my new top plate to perpendicular 2x6 as well as screwed long screws from the new top plate and bottom plate into the top and bottom plates of the adjoining walls.
@@rutterrealtygcOkay nice, thanks alot!
How much weight would you say a nonbearing wall can support? For example, if a client wants some heavy cabinets to be hung from the wall. If everyong is mounted into the studs, how many pounds can a nonbearing wall support?
You should consult your local contractor or structural engineer for weight limits on your particular situation. Load bearing or non-load bearing walls should be able to support the standard kitchen cabinets as long as it is properly tied into the adjoining walls. Check with you local contractor for your particular situation.👍
You didn't allow for deflection between the top plate and the ceiling, they make screws for that.
Okay! I’ll have to check that out! Do you have a link for those screws?
I am putting in a partition wall in the existing room and need to know how much damage I will cause by going directly through the carpet with base plate screws? I don't want to put back carpet since this wall may come down in a couple years and the carpet is only 2 years old
🤷♂️ Can’t help you with that one. I would want the wall on a solid foundation instead of carpet.
So what do you do if the ceiling joist arent above where you want your wall ??
I address this at 1:33 in the video. What I did for mine was add a board in between the ceiling joist that I can screw the top plate into. Make sure to check with your local codes and ordinances to make sure you’re within compliance.
Did you use a prehung french door ? I want to do the same thing to cozy up a recroom but need a bit of guidance on hanging french doors that are not prehung.
The doors that I purchased were pre-hung. Have you looked up how to build a frame for a door? That would probably be helpful if you don’t have pre-hung doors.
Do I need to pull permits to add a wall and doors just like you did? I'm thinking of putting Up a wall to divided living room.
Unfortunately, you will have to check with your local city and county departments to get this question answered. Best of luck with your project!
So convenient you had that space in the garage. I wonder how much this would cost to hire out, I couldn’t do it myself. I hear people calling these rooms “zoom rooms” 🙂 It makes sense since so many people work from home now. Great job I really like this idea.
Thank you!
Hey just subbed man, that looked great!
Glad it turned out great!
Oh my gosh, you’re amazing. I’ve need my door jamb fixed for 5 years and can’t find anyone to do it. And you built an entire room... hang my head in shame
😆😆 Explain the issue you’re having and maybe I can make a video on how to fix it!😊👍
@@rutterrealtygc my dad replaced my old door. He took out the old door jamb and it looked awful. I hired someone to fix it and he just nailed in the same pieces of wood and left it. I’d like to do it myself, but I’m a complete moron when it comes to that stuff. Don’t want to mess it up anymore than it is...
How much was the city permit?
Depends on your location. You’d have to call your local city officials.👍
Not sure if you're still checking comments but I'm wondering why you doubled up the top plate?
Same question.
Because if you stand the 2x4 on edge (2” down and 4” high) you need two to match the thickness of the wall.👍
See my response to Tyler L.👍
@@rutterrealtygc hmm I don't think I understand. Looking to do something similar to this and from what I've seen the top plate that attaches to the ceiling doesn't need to be doubled up. But I'm wondering if you have a reason or a trick that you do it that way.
Awesome 👌
Thanks Gremmy!
Also you did not cover the taping of drywall to existing ceiling in conjunction with making the wall addition look like it existed previously.
I didn’t want to redo the ceiling which is why I just caulked it. 👍 The caulk is flexible and hasn’t been an issue.
how did you find the joist when you were installing/nailing the wood to the ceiling? What if where you want to put your extra room, doesn't have a joist exactly where you want your non-load bearing wall to be?
I covered this with voiceover in the video between 1:30-1:50, but my ceiling joists didn’t line up with my wall either. I added a few boards in between the ceiling joists and screwed the top of plat into those in addition to the top plates of the adjoining walls.
@@rutterrealtygc what if the ceiling is not already exposed to add a stud, would I have to remove the ceiling(sheetrock) to add some? Or is there another way?
You should have added blocking half way up.
Not all walls need blocking. In general, load-bearing walls require blocking, while non-load-bearing walls do not. It's not code unless the wall is 10+ feet in many areas and this wall is only 8ft.
I don’t think speeding up the video helped a bit. The actual installing is running 5 times the speed of the conversational presentation.
Most people don’t want to watch a long video, which is why I speed up certain parts. 👍
You didn’t explain the door opening
Yeah, the focus of this project was the wall itself. Sorry for not going into more detail regarding the door.
Sounds good 👍 I’ll be looking forward to it