How to Frame a Closet Wall
- 1). Draw the layout for the closet on the floor with a ruler and carpenter's pencil. Make the interior depth at least 27 inches wide in case you plan on using this as a clothes closet. Leave a gap of 32 inches for the door on the front side of the layout.
- 2). Draw the layout up the side walls to denote the side wall frame, and across the ceiling to denote the top of the framing wall for the closet. Use a carpenter level and pencil for this part.
- 3). Cut 2-by-4 boards to fit along your layout with a power saw and fasten them along the layout with regular framing nails and a hammer. Do not install a board along the 32-inch section that will become the doorway. Fasten a 2-by-4 board on the side walls with a hammer and nails wherever the closet intersects the existing room's walls.
- 4). Measure the distance between the 2-by-4 on the floor and ceiling. Cut 2-by-4 boards to this length and install them every 16 inches on center between the ceiling and floor boards. This creates the frame for the wall. Install two, 2-by-4 boards together at the edges of the doorway to form a door frame.
- 5). Measure the distance between the two door frame boards. Cut a 2-by-6 board to this measurement and install it 80 inches from the floor with nails and a hammer to finish the wall frames with the doorway header.
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