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WALL sa DRYWALL sa RETAINING WALL sa ROOM DIVIDER sa WALLCOVERING sa WALLCOVERING REMOVAL x PARTITION xx HOUSE Photo shows how rotating panels made from hollow-core doors are used to replace a wall. Photo shows how to build a wall of doors using tension poles, metal U channels and hollow-core doors. Est. cost: $65. How to transform a blank wall by adding a grid of 1x4s. One section frames a scenic mural. Create more living space by removing a wall to make one large room from two smaller ones. Tips on designing a false brick wall incorporating arches. The wall is used to conceal indirect fluorescent lights. Painless partitions. A collection of tips for easy construction of interior walls. Advice on locating all bearing walls in a house. Doors, walls and room dividers from decorative perforated hardboard. Wall and ceiling repairs made easy. How to fix cracks, chips and separations. How to relieve the space pinch in your house. Part 3. (1) Wall framing, (2) roofing the addition, (3) cutting the access door, and (4) sheathing the outside. How to insulate exterior walls, lay underlayment for floor tile, frame wall partitions, install electrical wiring and plasterboard in a major second story addition. How to spot a load bearing wall. Four ways to repair or hide damaged walls and ceilings. (1) Lower ceiling, (2) cover with wallboard, (3) cover with brick & stone, (4) patch and shear-coat. How to move or remove walls of a house. How to determine bearing walls. How to fill in unnecessary doorways. How to locate the wood studs in your wall. How to make old walls look new. Apply these face-lift remedies to conceal, protect, and improve cracked, aging walls. How to build a partition wall. How to remove a load-bearing wall and install a header beam to take up the load. An explanation of load-bearing walls and how to identify one. How to remove a wall. A guide to the five key steps for removing both load bearing and non-bearing walls. Rough walls. How to repair four wall and ceiling problems. (1) Bad drywall joint. (2) Unwanted ceiling texture. (3) Badly cracked walls. (4) Covering sand texture. The basics of laying out wall studs to fit 8-ft. long drywall. How to frame and drywall a curved interior wall with a 90-degree arc. Three methods for building a stable half-wall. Removing an interior wall. Part 1. How to identify a bearing wall. Removing an interior wall. Part 2. How to determine what's inside (wiring, plumbing, etc.). Tip on installing a two-piece header into an existing wall. Another method for stick framing a 45-degree corner that needs drywall backing. Requires only a single pass on a table saw to rip the filler pieces. Installing a long-span header. How to open up an existing bearing wall by installing a steel-reinforced header. Tip on reinforcing a short wing wall to stand the stress of people leaning on the wall while talking. Simple curved corners in walls are made from bending plywood and then spackled, taped, skim-coated and painted exactly like drywall. Making quick and easy panels in walls for accessing hidden plumbing or electrical systems. Cut a panel directly out of the drywall or wood walls and trim with molding to match the rest of the house. How to frame a wall. Includes information on anchoring a wall to a non-nailable floor. How to frame a door opening. How to frame walls. How to construct a curved wall (room divider) from studding, plywood and drywall. Removing a bearing wall. Included in an article on remodeling a bedroom. Shapely walls. Design ideas for reshaping flat walls to change the character of a room. Movable walls. How to improve your floorplan by taking down old walls and putting up new ones. Covers both load-bearing walls and partitions. Indoor architecture. Using arches, curves, columns and other architectural elements to add style and interest to a wall or doorway. Installing a wooden block behind a plaster wall to provide support for screw or nail. A small hole in the wall, a string on the block, and some glue provide the means of attaching the block inside the wall. How to remove a supporting wall. Photos and sketches show how interior walls were changed to create a "great room". Photos and sketches show how a small house was opened up by removing a wall and by building in carpet-covered seating. Partitions. How to remove them without damaging your home. How to determine which walls are load-bearing. How to remove a non-load-bearing wall. Basic carpentry. Part 5. Partitions. How to build a partition to divide a large room into two or more smaller rooms. A short course in engineering. Part 1. A look at house structural systems involving walls and columns. How to repair really serious holes in interior walls. How to remove a load-bearing wall. Complete description of the demolition/reconstruction procedure. Movable walls let you change houses without moving. The floor plan of this award-winning compact house can be rearranged to meet various needs. Includes instructions on building your own moveable wall modules. How to remove a wall. Explains how to differentiate load-bearing and non-bearing walls, make a working support framework, construct a header and install it. Loosening up a stiff old house. Emphasis is on removing walls and rearranging interior space. Rules for removing interior walls. How to find, remove and support load-bearing walls. How to catalogue your house's "secret passages", the voids and tunnels inside the walls of an old house that extend through floors and simplify the stringing of wire and pipe. Includes tip on how to replace an old register with an electric outlet. Tip on repairing holes in walls left by doorknobs. How to tell if a wall is a load-bearing wall. Install decorative fiberglass panels in non-load-bearing walls for added light and effect. How to frame a basement partition. How to remove a bearing wall. How to install a flat archway. How to remove a doorway and section of wall and replace it with a wider archway. How to locate framing studs inside a wall. Houses without entrance halls can be made more livable by erecting partitions and dividers to separate the front door from the living room. Several ideas are shown. A look at steel-stud framing. Sears-Roebuck kit gives you everything you need to frame an 8-ft. long non-load bearing wall for $26. Photos illustrate installation. How to build interior partitions with metal framing channels. Open up your kitchen. Photos illustrate several "open" kitchen plans. Includes information on how to recognize a load-bearing wall before removing walls to create the open kitchen look. Build extra living space within your present walls. Part 1. Techniques include a curved wall, a partition of windows, and an ultra-thin deck. How to remove all or part of a non-bearing partition wall. The foam-filled wall. What is available in pre-formed wall-construction systems that use panels filled with expanded polystyrene. Curved walls. Four design ideas on using curved walls to make transitions between rooms flow smoothly. (1) Serpentine balcony. (2) Curved glass brick wall that ranges in height from 3 to 6 feet. Rows of blocks are sandwiched between curved pieces of wood. (3) Curving bedroom entry wall. (4) Curved steps. A second article describes how to frame, install drywall and finish a curved wall. Disappearing walls. How to utilize overhead garage doors with glass inserts as roll-up walls. Tip on building simulated adobe-style interior walls with ordinary studs and gypsum board. Wall surfaces that let kids express themselves. A look at melamine whiteboard, cork, scrubbable paint, chalkboard and glass. Cutting in. Advice from a pro on how to cut open a wall without any unpleasant surprises. Two special wall treatments to create. (1) How to cover a wall with tongue-and-groove spruce on a diagonal. (2) How to build a semicircular wall to run off the end of an existing wall. How to enlarge a room. Includes removal of a wall and construction of a closet. How to replace a load-bearing wall with a walk-through wall of 4x4s on 32" centers. | |||||||||
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