Temporary Rooms

[Hjay]

I need to create two bedrooms in a basement temporarily. In the future I will probably be getting permits & doing the work properly but I need a solution for the next few months. Most basic way of doing it would probably be a splitting a big area with a T to create two bedrooms. I’m looking for different options such as curtains, room dividers or now I’ve come across pressurized walls. If anybody has any experience with any of these options & has a recommendation please share. Thank You

[aygart]

I need to create two bedrooms in a basement temporarily. In the future I will probably be getting permits & doing the work properly but I need a solution for the next few months. Most basic way of doing it would probably be a splitting a big area with a T to create two bedrooms. I’m looking for different options such as curtains, room dividers or now I’ve come across pressurized walls. If anybody has any experience with any of these options & has a recommendation please share. Thank You

2x4s and sheetrock (or metal studs)

For a number of years BMG moved walls around downstairs in what is now Bais Shalom each zman. The wall was up or down in about an hour.

[Yehuda57]

2x4s and sheetrock (or metal studs)

For a number of years BMG moved walls around downstairs in what is now Bais Shalom each zman. The wall was up or down in about an hour.

What about something that will cost less than $10,000?

[AsherO]

pressurized walls

A DDFer who isn't very active anymore told me he did this in an apartment he rented.

[Hjay]

2x4s and sheetrock (or metal studs)

For a number of years BMG moved walls around downstairs in what is now Bais Shalom each zman. The wall was up or down in about an hour.

If we’re doing work like that we want it to be permanent & it sprang seem like we can find anybody willing to do it right away & we run into a problem with permits…

[Hjay]

A DDFer who isn't very active anymore told me he did this in an apartment he rented.

If you can ask him what he thought about it, cost & what company he used that would be great.

I’m wondering if there’s any reason it’s worse than regular walls of Sheetrock & 2x4s?

[aygart]

If we’re doing work like that we want it to be permanent & it sprang seem like we can find anybody willing to do it right away & we run into a problem with permits…

I have had such walls put up by a handyman in my unfinished basement.

[moko]

What about something that will cost less than $10,000?

pretty basic work. It's not exactly skilled labor.
Shouldn't take you more than a day or two on your own

[yos9694]

pretty basic work. It's not exactly skilled labor.
Shouldn't take you more than a day or two on your own

The labor is nothing, but these days 2x4's come from Fort Knox

[moko]

The labor is nothing, but these days 2x4's come from Fort Knox

use aluminum/ galvanized steel studs...they come with predrilled holes for electric. About $5 for 8ft. Wood studs are around $7-$8

[aygart]

The labor is nothing, but these days 2x4's come from Fort Knox

There is been a jailbreak over the last few weeks.

[avromie7]

Lumber futures prices dropped by more than 1/3 over the past month.

[Hjay]

I don’t want to do work that needs permits!!

[Yehudaa]

Lumber futures prices dropped by more than 1/3 over the past month.

Have retail prices come down at all, or just futures?

[Yehuda57]

pretty basic work. It's not exactly skilled labor.
Shouldn't take you more than a day or two on your own

'twas a joke