Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Valve1138]

I posted calculations, that doesn't mean anything to you.
I posted personal experience, that doesn't mean anything to you.

About the only thing that means anything to you is that you have to hold the exact opposite position to me on any issue, for some undefined reason (maybe I peed on your mom or something, I dunno).

So yeah, I'm the one who hasn't a leg to stand on. The only one who provided a single shred of math to support my position other than "yeah, just go stick yer booger hooks on the studs at the homer depot and buy the good ones".

You're not the only person here wth personal experience.

 

[APRIL]

Can we install cat shelves on this wall? Asking for three friends...

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Booger Hooks
Theres yer band name.

 

[Valve1138]

Can we install cat shelves on this wall? Asking for three friends...

I'm thinking about that for our screened lanai, along with stairs so Moshi can also enjoy it.

 

[Jehannum]

You're not the only person here wth personal experience.

You can fuck off and all.

 

[Valve1138]

You can fuck off and all.

I"m enjoying your ranting immensely. Please tell us how you're the only person to frame a wall.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Regardless of which style you do, youll have to cut away some of that tile to anchor it to the floor properly, fo sho

 

[Jehannum]

I"m enjoying your ranting immensely. Please tell us how you're the only person to frame a wall.

Apparently I'm the only person to do it correctly.

 

[Jehannum]

And however you frame it, @fly, you should definitely ground it to a PVC water pipe.

 

[Valve1138]

Apparently I'm the only person to do it correctly.

Fanscinating...

Please provide more details. Maybe a 3d model.

Educate us.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Yeah, that span unsupported at the top will lead to issues.

@fly you already have a bookshelf on the backside of where the wall will be? Get rid of it. Build the regular depth wall, then add the bookshelf to the wall and build it into the wall. The added depth of the wall will support it

 

[Jehannum]

Fanscinating...

Please provide more details. Maybe a 3d model.

Educate us.

Why, so you can shit on that too?

@Mr. Asa has an interesting idea, @fly. That's a good way to go. You could even build a stud wall 90° from the pony wall with a very short span, and that would stiffen up the whole thing better than Valve's cialis.

 

[Domon]

@fly you already have a bookshelf on the backside of where the wall will be? Get rid of it. Build the regular depth wall, then add the bookshelf to the wall and build it into the wall. The added depth of the wall will support it

All the arguing parties gravied this.

 

[APRIL]

I'm thinking about that for our screened lanai, along with stairs so Moshi can also enjoy it.

You said Lanai.

We have the cat door out to the Lanai, they love it.

 

[APRIL]

Regardless of which style you do, youll have to cut away some of that tile to anchor it to the floor properly, fo sho

If he goes that route, I'll want all new flooring.

 

[APRIL]

@fly says no to the projector screen from the ceiling. We have rafters or something in the way.

#fml

 

[fly]

how is that going to sag? Its held up every 16 inches by a stud.

In order for it to sag, one of two things would have to happen. Either the bottom plate has to move downwards (unlikely on a slab), or the studs themselves have to bow vertically.

I didn't say sag. Wouldn't that be horizontal deflection? My concern is someone running into the freestanding part of the wall and cracking any of the tape joints along the way. The higher up you hit on the wall, the more of a lever you get. Am I wrong?

 

[fly]

Regardless of which style you do, youll have to cut away some of that tile to anchor it to the floor properly, fo sho

Of course, but the one that @Domon posted has floor anchors on two sides. That makes it a bit more difficult to hide in tile...

 

[fly]

@fly you already have a bookshelf on the backside of where the wall will be? Get rid of it. Build the regular depth wall, then add the bookshelf to the wall and build it into the wall. The added depth of the wall will support it

That was my third option, but requires the most work.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

That was my third option, but requires the most work.

Most work to do once. The other options run the risk of the wall getting damaged and needing work again.

Also, you could widen the top ledge and build in little steps on the outside so that @APRIL's friends would be able to climb up and hang.