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Feel a bit of muppet asking as I don't feel completely useless when it comes to diy : I am building a stud wall over Xmas which is only just over 2 metres long and incorporates a door frame. I was going to use 3x2 and assumed that the 3 inches was the depth of the wall, but once I add the plasterboard to it the wall will then be 4 inches thick, an inch too thick for my 3 inch door frame ( the plasterboard will overlap the door frame rather than butt up to it ). Am I being a pratt? Or, is it the 2 inches that is the depth?

Please be gentle with me lol

Gerry.

Hi Gerry,

welcome to the forum

Don't be silly, It's just that you don't know and at least have the sense to ask first. Many people ask afterwards when it is too late!

You will need a deeper door case, a minimum of 4 inches deep or you can nail a piece of timber to the existing one to make it deeper. There is a name for this piece of wood, but it escapes me at the minute

As UHM says fit some softwood on the inside of the casing to make up the shortfall and use it as the door jam

Thanks for your quick reply. I only asked because I am building the new door frame into the stud wall and all my other doors are 3 inches thick. For such a short wall can I use 2x2 instead? Or, will this not be strong enough.

Thanks again.

I'd be worried about the strenth of the wall i.e when someone leans against it, would it flex too much - but what do I know, I'm not a carpenter

Wait for the chippies to come along, they'll give you 'proper' advice

Welcome BTW

MUNGO64 wrote:Thanks for your quick reply. I only asked because I am building the new door frame into the stud wall and all my other doors are 3 inches thick. For such a short wall can I use 2x2 instead? Or, will this not be strong enough.

Thanks again.

Best wait and see what the pro's say. You might be able to use the 3*2 the other way around, but I'm not sure and so please wait for someone that knows

It also depends on where the wall is to be situated( will the door be slammed) or is it for a low traffic area?

with a 3x2

the wall thickness is 3 inch thick plus the plasterboard and skim coat (both sides)

if you use 4x2

its 4 inches plus 2 plasterboard and 2 skim coats



BUT

a 3x2 is NOT 3 inches x 2 inches finished size, it is less

If you want to use something thinner than 3 inches then it might be worth looking at the metal stud wall kits, I think these are thinner then 3 inches.

Morning Boys and Girls

If you don’t mind me asking MUNGO64 but did you purchase or come across a door lining first and decided to make the wall to fit the door lining or is the space a problem?

Anyway up as they say consider using a system which in days of old went by the name of Paramount Plasterboard partition walling and was made by British Gypsum, I have had a very quick look on there site but could not find any thing.

So I went on Lafarge website and I won a cocoanut, there system goes by the name of panelplus. http://www.lafargeplasterboard.co.uk/si ... search.asp

http://www.lafargeplasterboard.co.uk/se ... l_plus.pdf

You will see you can have non-loadbearing walls with an overall thickness of 57 or 63mm.

Check it out and it may just be the answer to your dilemma.


You can have a look at the British Gypsum site by using this link British Gypsum http://www.british-gypsum.bpb.com/liter ... _book.aspx