| The last wall in the office presented
another challenge. In the original plan (see below) I was going
to angle the wall from the area near the closet (which has entry
from the office) to the wall near the windows. I built the section
of wall, complete with the door frame and moved it to the area
to secure it to the floor. Unfortunately, I overlooked a couple
of things.
 Although
I planned to put in the necessary blocking between the floor joists
to secure the top, there were a few complications. A small water
pipe and a heat duct were in the way.
To make it worse, the heat register would have been right where
the wall was going to go! I should have noticed that BEFORE I
built the section!
Building the last wall
Rather than move the heat register and negotiate the space around
the water supply line, I decided to run the wall at a 90 degree
angle instead. Although this will make the office a little smaller,
it made it much easier to secure the wall at the top.
 Since
I bought a 32" door for the office, my rough opening was 34 x
82. See "How to frame
a door" for the details. The only complication was that there
was (yet another) pipe running right above where the door would
be.
I had to cut out part of the top plate to fit round the pipe
and secure the frame with some additional blocking. After I secured
the top and bottom plates, I cut out the bottom plate running
through the door frame.
Door framing tips
- Don't cut out the bottom plate until AFTER the wall is secured.
- Don't add any Tapcon screws (or whatever fastener you're using)
in the area you'll be cutting out!
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