Building A Stud Wall In Garage

Build the wall frame.

Building a stud wall in garage.

The plate markings are sort of like a map that you utilize for garage wall framing when building a garage. In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor. Cut lumber and sheathing build headers nail studs and sheathing help with trusses. To get the height you will need to subtract the width of the stud.

That way i can build the frame on the ground and then lift it into place. Take the length of the walls and divide by sixteen to find the number you will need. For the wall we are building you will need 4 since the number isn t even with a 5 foot long. Check your local building code to see which distance is required.

Placing the x in the full stud locations will always tell you that there is continuous wood from the top to bottom in that space as you are placing your 2 x 4s between the plates for nailing. With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. I needed to build an off set doorway so that the other garage door could still open properly. This means from the exact center of one stud to the exact center of the adjacent stud is 16 or 24 inches.

Advice from the inspector. This is a double garage and two thirds of it will be my workshop side the other side will be dedicated to the storage of various kid s toys. Now cut two more also 7 9. Studs wall framing members are placed on either 16 or 24 centers.

It will often depend on any snow or roof load. I started off by fitting the top plate of the stud wall to the bottom chord of one of the roof trusses.