How to build partition wall - Room divider

What is parttion wall

Partition wall is a temporary or movable or may be sometimes fixed wall created for making partition of big halls and class rooms even living rooms.Even for party arrangements partition walls being used. Where you can keep food items, until the party activities. Even we can do main hall partitions for privacy. In other words we call this partition wall as room divider.

Types of partitions wall

1. Movable one
2. Fixed one
3. Holdable one
4. Acoustic partition wall
5. Curtain parttion

Depends on your requirements , you may choose partition walls.

1.Movable divider

Movable partition walls can be made out of wood or glass panels depends on your preferences. Mostly making with wood is easy and cost effective. It can be moved one place to other places. Even called as temporary. If you make this type of partition panels out of knock-down fittings, it can be moved one place to the other.Even sometime , we can fix the wheels for moving the partition wall here and there.

2. Fixed type divider

If you need to fix the partition permanently , it is possible to make it with using both wooden one and glass type.Here you need to plan before you start making. Once you made partition , it is not advisable to change now and then because it needs some permanent bolting to the floor. So, our decision should be taking care of all future requirements .

3. Foldable divider

Where you feel to avoid the congestion , you can use holdable one. Holdable one made by using Hinges which can rotate 360 ⁰ . To some extend this is also temporary only. Because you are going to use hinges , you can’t remove like movable one. This will weaken your timber screwing. Glass type also available like holdable one.

4. Acoustic type divider

Where you want avoid to noise from the other side, you are recommended for acoustic type partition wall. Both in wood and glass type you can prepare the Acoustic type partition wall. This type of panels weigh slightly higher due to the acoustic material . This type of acoustic partition wall can be of abovesaid movable or fixed or holdable one.

5. Curtain divider

This type of partition is recommended for temporary for grouping as well as creating background for photographs. This is simple and easy just making a two wooden stands with four hooks then you tie the curtain.

Tools requirements :

• · Hack saw or portable circular saw
• · Pencil
• · Measuring tap
• · Spirit level
• Plumb bob

Material required

• · Planned sawn timber 100 x 50 mm
• · Plywood 6mm thick or wood composite material like laminated chipboard
• · Wire nails 2” and 11/2”
• · Paint brush
• · Paint
• · Wooden moulding - coverstrip

Procedure

1. · Make skeleton of wood 100 x 50 ; this skeleton vary in size depends on your requirement.
2. · Check the level of floor and the wooden frame skeleton;
3. · Nail or screw or knock-down bolt and nut the plywood or wood composite material.
4. · Fix the cover strip where panels are joined incase of fixed or movable partition.
5. · Paint it.
6. · Your partition wall is ready for use.

· Incase of partition panel - holdable type you should fix the hinges according to the length.

· Needed you can fix the plastic rollers for moving.