First, we climbed up into the attic and moved the blown-in insulation away from the area of the ceiling that had to come down.
Now, on to building the end wall for the shower:
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Pink Fluffy Clouds
Well, we had a lot going on this weekend. We worked most of the day and accomplished less than I'd have hoped. Thankfully, it was because we were going slowly and thinking things through properly, so we cleverly avoided some mistakes we nearly made.
First, we climbed up into the attic and moved the blown-in insulation away from the area of the ceiling that had to come down.
You can't see me because I'm wearing camouflage.
We pulled the other big ceiling pieces down as well.
Whee!
We cut the ceiling out into the bedroom the distance the wall will need to come, and actually took it to the next rafter. We'll have to put a small piece of drywall up here to close the gap, but it shouldn't be a big deal.
Now, on to building the end wall for the shower:
Remember that extra stud we'd put in as a nailing surface? yeah, we had to take that out again. My cousin Ed was very cool and called to let me know that we'd forgotten about creating a nailing surface for the drywall on either side. Whoops! So we pulled it out and built a channel that would give us plenty of space to attach drywall on either side. You can see our spacer at the bottom there, to make sure we had the right width.
There we go. Now we have a nice solid nailing surface for the new wall and for everything else. You can see an example of the way the builder had done it on the left. They used the same technique but only used small pieces of board to fill the gap.
Have to get rid of this fan, since it's right where our 2x6 header needs to go for the new wall.
All gone!
The new header in place. The little metal tie thing at the far end was going to make things difficult for us, so we notched the 2x6 to go around it.
Works like a charm.
now we put up the new 2x4 header for the wall and got it parallel to the wall we put up last week. Everything is actually looking pretty good as far as being square, level and plumb.
We saw online that reinforcing the end of a wall with three 2x4s is recommended. Wood is cheap and we like to overbuild things anyway, so on they went. We also spaced the studs to allow plenty of room in the middle to attach plumbing fixtures.
And there it is in place. This bathroom is really starting to come together now. having the two walls up is solidifying the vision I've had in my head of it, and that feels pretty amazing.
We stapled up some heavy plastic sheeting to end the day. Until next time, thanks for reading!
First, we climbed up into the attic and moved the blown-in insulation away from the area of the ceiling that had to come down.
Now, on to building the end wall for the shower:
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I don't remember what the rules are, but remember that the spacing between studs in a bathroom is smaller than the spacing between studs for a bedroom (it's like 12" vs 18"). (and I can't tell from the pictures if there's a stud spacing difference between bedroom and bathroom).
ReplyDeleteYou may want to double check the caulking around the vent pipe where you removed the old fan. I fought a water leak for months from around a vent pipe. And since you probable wiggled it getting the fan disengaged you could have a problem. Might be worth a look see.
ReplyDeleteyour lookin good there cuz. Dont forget your fire blocks Jared. They are 2x4's running perpendicular to studs about 4 ft up from base plates. They stabilized the studs but are mainly for stopping a fire from getting into the cieling.
ReplyDeleteKatina: framing studs at 16" maximum is code. If you frame a wall at 18", it wont pass inspection. You can frame a wall at 12" if you prefer but its not necessary and will also make it very difficult if not impossible to run rigid copper pipe for plumbing. You would have to use soft copper.