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Home Wall Idea


Pat

18-Feb-2015
10:41:40 PM

Agree with moving the supports to the side. Also, what dimensions are your framing timbers. They look like they might be overbuilt. Will this still be free standing or will the wall be braced from the back to another structure?


Zarb

19-Feb-2015
6:19:16 AM

Free standing.


realsaz

2-Mar-2015
11:54:55 AM

My ex built me a free-standing wall, similar to your original design. I would keep the support beams at the back, they gave my wall stability, not to mention awesome storage ;)

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Reg

2-Mar-2015
3:38:40 PM

On 18/02/2015 Zarb wrote:
>Sorry to revive this post.
>
>I have finally moved in to the new place, and the garage is enormous,
>so the climbing wall plan is a go go.
>I've made some final revisions to the back support section of the wall:
>
>1. Removed every second horizontal support beam. It's a little bit more
>pared down.
>
>2. I've made the vertical beams continuous to make the crack simulator
>uninterrupted, rather than the horizontal beams in previous designs. I'm
>not sure what this will mean for the load on the wall.
>
>With those changes, would it still be a strong wall? If all is well, I'm
>going to start on the frame this weekend hopefully.
>
>
All depends on sizes of beams spans and connections. (structural engineer background)

I'll try and post what I did to simulate cracks on my home wall.


Zarb

5-May-2015
9:13:43 PM

Hey guys, sorry to dredge this post up, but I've finally gotten to the stage where I have everything cut and am piecing stuff together.

For the simple butt joins on the structure, I was just going to use dovetailed nails rather than screws.
The rest will be joined either using those burly nickel plated L-plates from Bunnings, or those thinner joist hangers also from Bunnings.

Would that be ok?

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