Need help: Installing a wall.

[Carrotsticks]

Hey everyone,

I have a large open area that I would like to wall off to turn into a closed-off office/working area. The plan looks something like this (from memory):

The grey line is where I'd like to close off the area, and the floor in that area will soon be carpeted.

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What would be the best way to install a wall/door? If it is best to install it before the carpet is laid, then I can try to delay it. Otherwise if there is an alternative similar to office-cubicles, then I could go with that although I would prefer a properly closed-off room.

If I can somehow install a wall AFTER the carpet has been laid, that would be great because delaying the carpet would be troublesome.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[barbernator]

carrot is creating his tutoring space?

[enoilgam]

Hey everyone,

I have a large open area that I would like to wall off to turn into a closed-off office/working area. The plan looks something like this (from memory):

The grey line is where I'd like to close off the area, and the floor in that area will soon be carpeted.

Untitled.jpg

What would be the best way to install a wall/door? If it is best to install it before the carpet is laid, then I can try to delay it. Otherwise if there is an alternative similar to office-cubicles, then I could go with that although I would prefer a properly closed-off room.

If I can somehow install a wall AFTER the carpet has been laid, that would be great because delaying the carpet would be troublesome.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

You can put a standard gyprock wall over carpet - although, if you want to remove the wall after a certain period, the carpet will be ruined during the removal.

[eshay lad 69]

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[deswa1]

What sort of budget are you looking at? Do you want it totally sound proof etc. or just like an ordinary barrier?

[Carrotsticks]

carrot is creating his tutoring space?

Perhaps But mainly a big study area for myself and mates when they come over.

You can put a standard gyprock wall over carpet - although, if you want to remove the wall after a certain period, the carpet will be ruined during the removal.

The wall will most likely be permanent, so removal won't be an issue. Thanks for your input.

http://burkhalterkessler.files.wordp...85b51edf18.jpg

A brilliant idea that I would absolutely love to have, but unfortunately lego doesn't tend to be very sound proof =/

What sort of budget are you looking at? Do you want it totally sound proof etc. or just like an ordinary barrier?

At the moment, budgeting will not be an issue. The idea is for it to be primarily sound-proof.

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I have been told by a friend that a glass wall (frosted) may be worth considering. Thoughts? Or what about a polycarbonate substitute?

[soloooooo]

Do you have council permission?

[soloooooo]

Why not build an underground study room that also doubles as a bunker?

[Carrotsticks]

I am not sure if any approval is required by the council, for the interior at least.

[enoilgam]

The wall will most likely be permanent, so removal won't be an issue. Thanks for your input.

A glass wall might be quite expensive. With gyprock, you can get a soundproof variety which is relatively inexpensive. Also, you can insulate it with a material called wavebar, which is pretty effective. This setup is used a lot for medial suites where they want walls to be fairly soundproof.

[kaz1]

100% solid lead wall

[soloooooo]

100% solid lead wall

Not practical. 6ft of dirt is enough to stop most radiation. You won't find many non military bunkers comprised of lead.

[Carrotsticks]

A glass wall might be quite expensive. With gyprock, you can get a soundproof variety which is relatively inexpensive. Also, you can insulate it with a material called wavebar, which is pretty effective. This setup is used a lot for medial suites where they want walls to be fairly soundproof.

Did a bit of research. Added this to the list of ideas, thanks a lot enoilgam.

Not practical. 6ft of dirt is enough to stop most radiation. You won't find many non military bunkers comprised of lead.

I think making my office area nuclear-bomb-proof would be quite overkill.

[cheepy5]

Curtains - would be pretty cheap and easy to put up but not so good for keeping sound out

[kaz1]

Not practical. 6ft of dirt is enough to stop most radiation. You won't find many non military bunkers comprised of lead.

and 6ft of dirt is more practical


the only downside to the lead wall is if your students decide to lick it, otherwise it is excellent

[soloooooo]

and 6ft of dirt is more practical


the only downside to the lead wall is if your students decide to lick it, otherwise it is excellent

For building a bunker, yes. Soil is a cheap material and readily available. Lead is expensive, harder to acquire and harder to work with.

The only major challenge with a soil encased bunker is to make sure that the frame holding the bunker together is strong enough to carry the soil.

[Carrotsticks]

Okay guys, I think you've had enough fun.

Will contact a couple of places over the next week to work out pricing.

[enoilgam]

Okay guys, I think you've had enough fun.

Will contact a couple of places over the next week to work out pricing.

I don't think it will break the bank, it should be too expensive.

[NaNoAsSaSsIn94]

Do it!!!

[townie]

I know I might be more expensive but at work we have partitions that hang on rails in our training rooms which you can move off to be side (so that you can turn two training rooms into one) the cool thing about them is that they are whiteboards as well as walls - might give you some extra flexibility with the space

[Carrotsticks]

I know I might be more expensive but at work we have partitions that hang on rails in our training rooms which you can move off to be side (so that you can turn two training rooms into one) the cool thing about them is that they are whiteboards as well as walls - might give you some extra flexibility with the space

Not a bad idea, actually. However, I can imagine that perhaps each training room has its own door so despite fully closing off the sliding door, you can still exit? So when the sliding door is fully 'folded', then you have a very large room with 2 exits.

In this case if I were to install such a thing, then it may be quite troublesome to constantly slide the door around to get in and out because there are no other exits at that point.