How do you build a Wall?

Question

Just a regular old wall. Do you know any websites that give instruction?

Well, I guess out of wood.

Answer 1

TRY " This old house " I'm not sure of any specific web-sites. But hardware stores sell how to do it yourself books that go into deep detail down to the size of the nails. try that or the Library.

Answer 2

Usually you build a wall with it laying on the floor or ground and then stand it up. Be very very careful and get lots of help when you stand up a wall. If the bottom slips, all of the weight of the wall will be placed on you instantly at a very awkward angle. Many men have their backs broken or are killed in this manner every year.

In order for any wall to be structurally sound and safe, the studs in the wall must be perpendicular to the gravitational field of the earth, or plumbed straight up and down. This means that the studs have to be measured to be parallel and equal in length exactly while being built on the ground within a 32nd of an inch. Most studs are 2X4s measured to be 16" on center. A 2X4 stud is actually 1.5"X3.5". Depending on the use of the wall and how much weight it will support, you can get away with 24" on center or if the wall is to carry a lot of weight, you may want to use 2X6 studs or locate the studs 12" on center.

Arched or cantilevered walls are constructed geometrically so that gravitational forces compress them and make them stronger than normal walls.

Answer 3

Anatomy of a Stud-Framed Wall

Proper framing for bearing and nonbearing walls

by Michael Guertin and Rick Arnold

Wall plates
A wall is a collection of studs (usually sized 2x4 or 2x6) equally spaced (usually 16 in. or 24 in. on center) and sandwiched between top and bottom plates. The top plate can be either single or double. Double plating is most common on load-bearing walls unless the roof rafters or trusses and floor joists stack directly over the studs in the wall, then a single top plate can be used.



Load-bearing wall

Headers
Large openings in the wall are made for windows and doors. When the opening is greater in width than the stud spacing -- and most windows are wider than 24 in. -- then a header must be inserted to carry the load of the interrupted stud(s). A header is a simple beam sized to support the load above the opening it spans.



Nonbearing wall



Avoid this practice.

Jack studs and king studs
The header is supported by a jack stud at each end. Jacks, sometimes called trimmers, fit under each end of a header, and they transfer the load that the header carries down to the bottom plate and the framing beneath. Nailed to the jacks are full-height studs called king studs; they support the assembly between the plates. Sometimes jacks must be doubled on wide openings so there's enough supporting surface for the header to bear on. Jacks can be replaced with a steel header hanger attached to the king stud.

Saddles and cripples
A saddle (also called a sill) forms the bottom of a window opening. It's a piece of 2x stock laid flat and nailed between the jacks. Cripples are short pieces of 2x stock that run underneath the saddle. And, depending on a header's height, cripples can run from the header to the plate. Cripples are located at the points where a common stud would have been located had it not been interrupted by the opening.


If you want to see the pictures go here,
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00023.asp

Answer 4

A wood wall? How bout out of sheet rock? That's what most people make theirs out of. First put some studs up, then nail the sheets of sheet rock over that- maybe throw in a little insulation. What kind of wall are you building? Outside or inside?

Answer 5

I know it's old fashioned and you probably forgot abut them, but the library is your best bet. measure the height from floor to ceiling. now you want your wall about two inches shorter. Lay the 2x4 "studs" on edge (The narrow side) apart every 16 " cut two 2x4's the length of the entire wall. Place one at the top and one at the bottom of the studs, nail or screw together. stand it up. fasten it to the floor and ceiling and other wall if possible. add sheet rock (drywall) cover seams and nail heads and paint. Easy

Answer 6

Construction would vary depending on the type of wall you want to build.
Eg: Brick, rock, log, steel, mud, sticks, Great wall, Berlin Wall, Sea Wall sooooooo....which is it?

Answer 7

For brick walls:
http://www.diydata.com/techniques/brickwork/wall/brick_wall.htm

You may also need to know how to mix cement for that..
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/garden-build/mortar/index.html

For wooden walls, you get wall panels which you just nail together to get a wall.. simple...

For Gypsum wall, you get gypsum boards which you have to seal together.. Not sure how one does it, but one needs some equippment for it, and i don't think its feasible to do it oneself..

Enjoy yourself. Good luck.

Answer 8

You repress those feelings of pain and rejection and deny your need for a genuine connection with others and never allow yourself to.......

Oh, wait. I thought this was Mental Health.....

Oops.

Answer 9

out of what material?

Wood, stone, brick, block, dabble, metal?

Answer 10

what kind of wall?