I am building this partition in my living room. I still have 3/4 left to build. the two people who rent out this part of my house had a friend who wanted to be their roommate so I am renting it to him. It took me one day to get this far. I built a frame of 2 x 4’s and attached lattices to that. Then I stapled cardboard to the lattices for insulation and a sound barrier. Then I attached the metal roofing material to that. I am not sure if I am going to use just that or maybe I will get some paneling for the top and paint it white. I have painted paneling successfully. I used oils based primer then once that dries for a couple of days you can use a latex paint over that. When I used the oil based primer I used a roll brush and that was a bad idea. A roll brush tends to throw spots of paint onto the floor and the person painting. If you use a tarp that helps but remember to tape it on top of the trim if you have already painted that. So just use paint brush. But that really covered the paneling well. Whoever created paneling is a genus but I want to send pictures to those people of paneling that became cute and bright once it was painted. That paneling was not destined to be drab and dreary like they made it to be!
Please note only tape trim that is totally cured not just dry because the tape will rip off the paint. especially the trim that is made of the plastic composite (it’s usually white) it’s convenient if you want it to stay white but in order to paint that trim you have to use a primer first. Then if you have taped the wall above it in order to paint the trim and you want to rip the tape off, the paint will come off of the trim with the tape. So…before you take the tape off of the wall just take a knife and lightly run it along the wall where it meets the trim. (This will cut the paint off of the tape). Do this before taking the tape off. And don’t forget the floor. Cut in between the tape on the floor and the trim with your knife.
This took me so long to do! Several days. I still have to get some very wide trim to line the top front and side by the door. I have to chisel out the part for the door knob and install a locking door knob. I am wanting to paint the inside white so it doesn’t look like cardboard. There is a 2×4 frame on the bottom and sides so that it won’t fall over. I wasn’t using this space effectively so it will be used now. I hate unused space in a house. Thanks for looking!
Margaret Leora Workman; Warponie Art
I had a lot of scrap 2×4’s that were not long enough so I took pics of how I put some of them together and then screwed in another very short 2×4 onto both ends to help them meet up so that I could have a longer board. It really worked well! I only have a jigsaw and a few tools so I just did what I could figure out to do and I didn’t want to buy wood from the store. Or a large circular or table saw. Have you seen those? The blade is as big as my head! Though one person called me arrogant one time, I guess that means my head could be larger than that. But I really disagree, I think he was having a really bad day. I did take it only as a compliment though. Anyway Much of the wood that I have, I have obtained free from different places. It’s not as nice as working with new 2×4’s but it still works! They needed a home! A place to be, and I took them in! how can I leave them behind! I did not screw any of the frame into the wood floors. I did the unofficial pocket hole screws at the corners where the trim is and then screwed the attached boards into the walls. I know that people have those official pocket hole thingy-ma-jigs but all I do is just drill a pilot hole straight in about a couple of centimeters then from there angle the drill bit diagonally. I YouTubed it so I was able to obtain permission in that-a-way. Then you just drive in the screw but eyeball measure it first to make sure that the screw that you have will make it through both pieces of wood! And that’s all! Oh and I attached 1×3’s horizontally so that I could attach the lattices to the frame and the 1×3’s
Here is a rough list of the materials used
4 lattices 22$ each
2×4’s free (6 or 7 were used)
Cardboard free
7 panels of the corrugated metal 25$ each
Old closet door free
Trim 50$
Door knob 15$
Screws from other projects free (some found by the river or in parking lots) definitely free
These certain corrugated metal panels that I bought from Lowe’s were really clean. I have put other ones outside that had some sort of jelly residue on them. I washed them with soap and water and even after you wash them it will stain the metal white.
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