How To Join Two Internal Walls Together?

This video teaches about house framing and how to connect one wall to another using proper nailers for Sheetrock or other finish material. It covers the basics of building corners and wall-to-wall connections in wood framing. The first step is to plan the new wall, which can be perpendicular to the ceiling joists or parallel with the joists. Building materials are typically 4 or 8 feet wide, so 16-inch spaces allow materials like drywall to land evenly on the centers of studs. Framing a wall can help turn large spaces into more functional spaces.

Adding an interior wall can bring more function to a room with large, unused space. The basic steps include choosing the wall’s location, creating a new frame, and tilting it into place. If breaking up the wall, make two separate walls and nail them together, to the floor, and with a staggered top plate.

To build the walls, follow these steps: plan the interior wall, draw the plan, mark floors, cut top and base plates, mark up top and base plates for vertical studs, cut vertical studs, and build the walls with double top and bottom plates. Splices in the top and bottom plates are usually done at partition intersections and over headers. The smallest way to do this is using 2×6 top and bottom plates and 2×4 studs, with every other stud aligned to the wall.