use a two by four as a brace ?Lee
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 03:03:47PM -0500, Dan Rossi wrote: > Last evening, I went into the nursery and with paper tape and mud, > attempted to seal the edges of the plaster where I had ripped down the > closet wall. I know all of that stuff will be safely behind trim, but > thought that it would be better to try and seal up those ragged and raw > edges so that they don't forever sift dust out. > > I didn't care one bit how my work looked since it was going to be behind > trim, so I just cut the tape to length, grabbed handfuls of mud and > slathered it all over the tape and wrapped it around the edges of the > broken plaster. Not pretty, but I think it will do the trick. > > Tonight I will attempt to frame in the hole and prepare it for trim and > doors. > > Any suggestions on how to hold a 2X6 over my head while trying to screw or > nail it in? > > I am using a 2X6 that is flush with the inside of the closet, so that it > will stick out from the outer wall by a couple of inches. This will help > me to move the doors further out to make the closet artificially deeper. > > the wall was originally built with the 2X6 studs on edge, so it is thinner > than a typical wall. I am just going to reuse the 2X6 I cut out of the > wall as my header. The only thing is, whatever trees they used to make > studs out of, were a lot heavier than todays studs. SHEESH! I don't know > when they started making dimensional lumber that half inch less but these > are 1.5 X 5.5 or a bit more, but not full 2 X 6. And this house was built > in the 20s. > > Later. > > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 -- "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed." -- Robin, The Boy Wonder .
