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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nordanney28 Jun 2021 12:50hanghaus2000 schrieb:
According to @nordanney, the costs are quite generous. In the basement, any door from a hardware store will do.Yep. But with current prices and since I don’t know what expectations the OP has, better to be a bit generous.P
Pwnage61928 Jun 2021 13:26Thanks for your answers.
When going down the stairs, the technical room would be directly on the left and the storage room would be along the corridor to the right, about 3-4m (10-13 feet) away.
From the stairs, you would walk straight towards the new drywall partition where the new door will need to be installed.
We have underfloor heating in the basement. Would you recommend installing separate heating circuits (at an additional cost) for the storage room and the corridor if these become two separate rooms? Each would also need its own light switch.
The drywall partition would probably only be noticeable if you knock on it since it would likely sound hollow compared to the sand-lime brick wall, right?
When going down the stairs, the technical room would be directly on the left and the storage room would be along the corridor to the right, about 3-4m (10-13 feet) away.
From the stairs, you would walk straight towards the new drywall partition where the new door will need to be installed.
We have underfloor heating in the basement. Would you recommend installing separate heating circuits (at an additional cost) for the storage room and the corridor if these become two separate rooms? Each would also need its own light switch.
The drywall partition would probably only be noticeable if you knock on it since it would likely sound hollow compared to the sand-lime brick wall, right?
To be honest, I don’t understand why you want to separate the entrance area at all. Did I understand correctly that there is a storage room behind it anyway? And you want to divide the hallway to create yet another storage room?!
My recommendations in order of priority:
1. Leave it as it is. Eventually, you might regret it because you’ll want to do something different.
2. Suggest to the general contractor the drywall option; it might be cheaper (no plaster needed, just skimmed).
3. Do it yourself.
My recommendations in order of priority:
1. Leave it as it is. Eventually, you might regret it because you’ll want to do something different.
2. Suggest to the general contractor the drywall option; it might be cheaper (no plaster needed, just skimmed).
3. Do it yourself.
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Pwnage61928 Jun 2021 13:44In the basement, we have 3 rooms: a utility room, a storage room, and an entry area.
The utility and storage rooms are two separate rooms with doors, and the entry area is simply an open space at the bottom of the stairs.
We want to convert the entry area into a combined storage room and hallway.
The new small storage room will be enclosed with a wall and door so that it doesn’t always have to be kept tidy and so you are not immediately in the storage room when coming down the stairs.
The utility and storage rooms are two separate rooms with doors, and the entry area is simply an open space at the bottom of the stairs.
We want to convert the entry area into a combined storage room and hallway.
The new small storage room will be enclosed with a wall and door so that it doesn’t always have to be kept tidy and so you are not immediately in the storage room when coming down the stairs.
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Pwnage61928 Jun 2021 13:50I quickly made a sketch of the floor plan.
The red line represents the new wall, and the arrow indicates the stairs. A small hallway would be created there to access all rooms.
On the left is the technical room, on the right will be the fitness room, and the storage room is in the middle.
The red line represents the new wall, and the arrow indicates the stairs. A small hallway would be created there to access all rooms.
On the left is the technical room, on the right will be the fitness room, and the storage room is in the middle.
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nordanney28 Jun 2021 14:12Looks like a Saturday's work. Screw the profiles on the right, left, top, and bottom (including appropriate profiles for the door). Attach the panels and apply filler multiple times, sanding in between.
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