ᐅ Have your basement room partitioned professionally or do it yourself?
Created on: 28 Jun 2021 08:38
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Pwnage619
Hello
We have purchased a semi-detached house with a basement from the developer.
The standard layout includes 3 rooms: a technical/storage room and an entrance hallway.
The entrance hallway is completely open when you come down the stairs. We want to separate the hallway to create a closed room and have the corridor as a separate area.
The developer can build the partition for 3500€. This includes fully built walls (calcium silicate bricks) and a door (wall about 3-4 m (10-13 feet) wide).
Or should we just install a drywall (plasterboard) partition with a door ourselves after construction?
What is better? Is the price reasonable or way too high?
The separated room will be used with shelves as a storage room. Are drywall walls strong enough for that?
We have purchased a semi-detached house with a basement from the developer.
The standard layout includes 3 rooms: a technical/storage room and an entrance hallway.
The entrance hallway is completely open when you come down the stairs. We want to separate the hallway to create a closed room and have the corridor as a separate area.
The developer can build the partition for 3500€. This includes fully built walls (calcium silicate bricks) and a door (wall about 3-4 m (10-13 feet) wide).
Or should we just install a drywall (plasterboard) partition with a door ourselves after construction?
What is better? Is the price reasonable or way too high?
The separated room will be used with shelves as a storage room. Are drywall walls strong enough for that?
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Pwnage61928 Jun 2021 14:25We definitely want to separate the room.
So, should I do that as a DIY project?
I would only need to have an electrician install a light switch for the room and then put the door near the light switch.
Would you keep the underfloor heating for the hallway and the new room on the same circuit, or have separate circuits for each?
So, should I do that as a DIY project?
I would only need to have an electrician install a light switch for the room and then put the door near the light switch.
Would you keep the underfloor heating for the hallway and the new room on the same circuit, or have separate circuits for each?
If there is underfloor heating installed there, you need to be careful when screwing a track for the drywall partition onto the floor. But do you really need underfloor heating in the storage room and hallway? I would argue that you can usually do without it. Normally, a storage room is not heated.
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Pwnage61928 Jun 2021 15:30The underfloor heating is installed. If it were left out, there would be no credit for it.
Therefore, we will definitely keep it included.
Therefore, we will definitely keep it included.
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