Adding a closet to your home can make it easier to store your extra clothes.
Rough framing a closet wall is the first step in adding a closet to your room. Additional closet space will increase your storage. It can also turn a den or office into a bedroom. If you are adding on to your home, the closet should be a larger part of your building project. Designing your own closets means that you can create the perfect storage space for your needs. Consider both your current needs and your possible needs in the future when you design your closet. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Mark the studs in the area you want your closet to go. The studs will determine the exact size of your closet because the walls need to be attached to existing studs. You do not need to rip out drywall to add a closet to an already finished room. Measure the length you want the closet to be, as well as the depth of the closet. You will need a top and bottom piece for each of these measurements. Many closets have a depth of at least 24 inches. Measure from the floor to the ceiling and subtract 4 inches from this number. This is the length the height pieces will be. Measure the width of the door frame.
2. Cut the wood you will need. You need to have a top and bottom piece that is the length of each wall. You will need enough height pieces to put one on each side of each wall frame and space them 18 inches apart along the wall. You will need one piece the length of the door frame.
3. Frame the walls without a door by laying out the wood. Nail the height pieces into the bottom piece, using two nails per piece. The 4-inch side of the wood will be flat against the floor when the frame is finished. Nail the top piece onto the frame.
4. Build the frame for the wall with the door. For the part with the door you will need to nail out the frame and nail in the height pieces, leaving a space where the door will go. On either side of the door space, nail in one height piece. Nail the piece for the top of the door frame into place, at the correct height, so the framed door will just fit into the space.
5. Put the wall frames up. You may need an assistant to hold up the frame while you nail it into place. Nail it into the floor with one nail on either side of each stud. Nail into the ceiling joists on either side of the stud if the wall is parallel to the ceiling joist or into each ceiling joist if the wall runs perpendicular. Nail into the stud the wall connects to at the top and the bottom and 12 inches apart up and down the wall. Join the corners of the frame and nail at the top and bottom and 12 inches apart up the frame.
6. Install the framed door in the wall. Slide the door into place and nail at each corner and every 12 inches up the length of the wall.
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