![]() ![]() I usually have enough scrap pieces of 2x4 to make the spacers which reduces the extra cost to zero. The extra cost - worst case - is only a couple of bucks - if that. Honestly - it takes such little effort and time to do it it's well worth it. Google "floating basement walls" for more info. By floating the wall on the bottom, you can just shim the treated plate up to level and go ahead and frame the rest w/out having to contend w/the slope. To float the top, just do the same thing on the top plate not the bottom.Īlso - since your going to be dealing with the slope of the garage floor, you'll want to shim the bottom plate level. You can float either the top or the bottom in your case. Once the wall is up, knock the spacers out - but leave the nails. Then put small sections of 2x4 (or 3/4" thick 1x4) spacers on that bottom plate and put your framed wall on top of those spacers. The most common way to float the wall is to fasten a section of treated to the floor - always use treated in contact with concrete. I suppose I just wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions for me.įloating a wall means you give it a means of moving up and down if the concrete slab it's on were to heave. I guess I just wanted to ask if anyone else had done this before? If so was it successful or did it leave you wishing you hadn't done it? Or had done it differently? Just curious on that one.) And I thought AH-HA! I am not alone in wanting to do this. (Though I searched and couldn't find a reason why he had to move back to the old shop. I recently saw a video from the WoodWhisperer where in he did something very similar as he moved back into his old shop. Should lower certain tension levels here around my house with SWMBO. I guess then I want to do the obvious and put power in the wall etc. Then put in a nice insulated exterior door to connect the two sides of the garage, the shop and the part where the cars park, as it is insulated and will have a window to pass some light etc. I want to drill and tapcon the base plate of the wall down. Plus 16 months or so ago I had the ceiling above the garage insulated to R-50 and I don't want it all pouring out. It is not load bearing so this should be OK. ![]() I want to just screw the top plate of the wall thru the sheetrock on the ceiling of the garage. I have been thinking about this for some time and it seems reasonable. (I know I know I have nothing on either end on other places in the country but still it is uncomfortable for me.) In the Summers my garage gets up above 100. Around here winters are pretty cold with a bunch of days at or below 0 and months below freezing. I want to reduce the space so that I get better temperature control in the shop. I want to get better dust control out to where the cars are. ![]() I want to get more wall space for greater storage space in both sides of the garage. I want to do this for a number of reasons: I have been planning a garage upgrade to create a small shop. ![]()
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