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what are suggestions for the construction of a freestanding knee wall along one side of a staircase leading to a basement. I added an addition to the rear of my house, so now the old bulkhead is now in the middle of my family room, a partition wall takes care of one side and the knee wall on the other. Thanks in advanced.
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One way to approch this is to simply build a knee wall in the same way you would construct a wall with studs, top and bottom plate and a double plate. Sheath the side of the wall in the stairway with plywood or OSB letting the sheathing lap down and cover the band at the floor joist. Glue and nail the sheathing. Then install drywall with glue and screews to both sides. This should limit the movement of the studs at the bottom plate and give you a fairly solid kneewall. Cap the kneewall with a trim board. I assume the knee wall meets a perpendicular wall at some point. Make sure you have a good connection at this point also.
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I think I read at sometime in FHB about filling the end with concrete to firm up the wall somehow, but, I can't find all my back issues
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what are suggestions for the construction of a freestanding knee wall along one side of a staircase leading to a basement. I added an addition to the rear of my house, so now the old bulkhead is now in the middle of my family room, a partition wall takes care of one side and the knee wall on the other. Thanks in advanced.