How to build a Pony/half/stub wall - Part 1 - Framing
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Framing a half wall in an entry way for an open foyer effect. The wall will be a feature in this room, with recessed picture-frame panels and picture frame in the "column" as well. In this video (part 1) I do the rough framing.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Taking measurements
1:27 Removing trim and drywall
2:00 Adding blocking
4:00 Layout
4:26 Plumbing for ceiling blocking
4:51 Attic blocking
5:51 Cutting framing members
7:11 Assembling frame
9:17 Screwing into live wire
9:52 Tweaking the frame
10:59 Framing for column
12:22 Making top
14:44 Installing top and column simultaneously
18:49 Levelling top
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Dave, I so appreciate your attention to detail on the most important part on the job - framing. These details will make the finished work so much better, whether the homeowners notice it or not.
Much appreciated Nick!
Love how this video shows the essentials and necessities without any fluff or filler. Thank you for being fluffless! It’s refreshing!
Nice work and video editing. Appreciate showing mistakes too (screwing into electrical wire). Helps everyone avoid making the same mistakes. We all make mistakes but it's the people who don't hide them with video edits who add the most value on UA-cam (just my opinion). Thanks for the video
Thanks for the kind comment!
I was stressing out as I prepared to frame my first half wall, until I found this video 👏🏾 Thanks for the clear, and very helpful demonstration
Glad it helped, Pierre! Thanks for the comment!
Great vid! Just the right speed of work to keep my focus and thanks for showing all the measurements/thought process!
Thank you for posting!
Thanks for the kind comment and for watching, Mike!
This is not a DIY video. :) You've got major league skills. I hope your family understands how truly skilled you really are. Very well done!
Thank you. You’re too kind!
Great video. I'm planning on constructing a half wall in my shower and needed guidance on how to secure it to the ceiling for stronger support, thus eliminating any possibility of wobble, Clever how he did it. Into the attic I go.
Thanks, and all the best on your project, Bill!
Nice video!
Basement Finishing Man loves using a pony wall to blend in a supporting lolly column. Nice to see the concept works on the first floor too 👍
I'll have to check him out ... This build didn't actually require a column. They asked for one in order to frame the foyer area and that crystal light fixture. I said, "Great. Then we won't have to cut through this nice hardwood floor in order to secure the end to a joist to keep it from wobbling." Thanks again for the comment, and for the basement guy---I've got a basement I want to finish one day :-)
I have a room with half wall on one side. If I were to install a barn door for privacy. What kind lock can I use
I dunno about shimming the under side of that frame and securing to the floor that way.... with gaps between the shims and not a whole lot of the bottom rail in contact with the floor you're asking for problems with twisting/warping but more likely, someone leaning on the wall and it coming loose from the floor, I know that the post prevents wobble but it can easily buckle where the post and wall frame meet. I feel you'd be better off planing the bottom, or top of the framing to level, or easier yet, shim the top plate level on the frame.... just a thought. Oh and why in the world ain't you using a finishing nailer for the top plate???? Are those framing nails you drove into it ??
Really nice work 👏 👌 would love to have you work on my house any day!! Better yet teaching me how
Thanks, Steven!
great to see a jack of all trades at work. How long did the whole project take?
It took about two and a half days, Elvin. The filming, of course, probably doubled the time.
The cursing I would have done at 15:17 would have been uncomfortable for others, 🤣
Yeah ... I was a little bummed at the first fit.
Cute vid. But how on earth do you hit the wire you notched out for??? The shim for level instead of taking time to plane in that footer is pretty strange. Other parts are good process, tho!
Thanks ... I know. The electrical was a total facepalm moment. ... The shimming was just quicker, and the end result is the same. Time is money :-)
Are you using 2x4’s for the framing of the wall? Do you have a materials list for this project?
Thank you
Yes, Candace, 2x4s for the framing ... Hmmm, materials list? Sorry, one of those never crossed my mind ... but now that you mention it, I should probably start adding that to my videos. If I get time, I might try to go back and add that to the description of this one. Thanks for the comment!
What kind of wood did you use for the top? 2x6? Also do I need that machine to make the edges like you did?
I used pre-primed 1x8 for the top. The chamfer around the top edges can be done with a small hand plane, a belt sander, or even a block of wood with sandpaper wrapped around it--though it will take a little longer. You just hold the sander or plane at a 45 degree angle and take edge off the board until the chamfer is the desired size. Hope this helps, Jose. Thanks for the comment!
How much overhang did you leave on the top piece? Thanks sir great job 👍🏻
There's 1/4 inch on the sides, Lance, and 3/4 on the end ---of the finished product, that is. The board is a 1x8, which is actually 7 &1/4" wide.
How high do you make the poney wall?
Finished height is usually about 42 inches. I don't remember exactly how high this one was, but it was somewhere around there. Thanks for the question!
I hate that you added a pony wall anywhere in the 21st century. But the video editing is fantastic.
Ha ha .. Thanks Justin!