Help me build a corner pantry

[Irving]

did you consider 2 16" doors together french style? they'd be less obtrusive in the room when open

I did, but that is above my skill and I wanted as much on the sides of the door as possible so I could run cross supports from the front wall to the back wall. Now that I have both the side walls up, I think two 16" doors would have been pretty tough (for me) to frame up.

[Snowman78]

"- If you are working in two rooms, don't carry your beer back and forth, just open a beer for each room. This will save you time and keep your hands free."

This is the best advice I have ever gotten when it comes to home improvements!

[Marlin]

All "eight foot" studs are 92 5/8" long. So, when you add the top and bottom plates you end up with a 8' wall.

[Irving]

All "eight foot" studs are 92 5/8" long. So, when you add the top and bottom plates you end up with a 8' wall.

Aren't there usually two bottom plates on a standard wall? I ended up with one top plate and two bottom plates and I still had to cut some off. Pretty good chance my house isn't exactly 8' though. I got both walls up either way. I'm going to have to pull one wall out to fit all the shelves in though I think.

[Wulf202]

- Top plate
I Stud
- Bottom plate
- sill plate - treated 2x4 for use on concrete footers.

[Roger Ronas]

Actually there are two different piles at the lumberyard, 8'(96") and what they call precuts (92 5/8")
Roger

All "eight foot" studs are 92 5/8" long. So, when you add the top and bottom plates you end up with a 8' wall.

[rondog]

Actually there are two different piles at the lumberyard, 8'(96") and what they call precuts (92 5/8")
Roger

I was gonna say - I always buy 96" ones.

[Lurch]

Here is what I've learned so far.
- Home Depot apparently sells 8' 2x4's and 2x4's that are marked as 8' long, but are only 92.5". That is 1/2" shorter than what I needed, causing me to use two base plates to make up the difference.
- If you're going to wear a tool belt, you have to put each tool you get out of it back each time you pull it out, otherwise you leave them all over the place and there is no point in wearing the belt.
- Don't use a crappy tape measure. The whatever amount of dollars you'd spend on a new one, that isn't twisted at the end, will be worth not messing around with it twisting around on you every time.
- Have a level, a T-square, and a small square, at least.
- If you are working in two rooms, don't carry your beer back and forth, just open a beer for each room. This will save you time and keep your hands free.

I would also suggest a ladder as you don't appear to be very tall.

[Marlin]

Actually there are two different piles at the lumberyard, 8'(96") and what they call precuts (92 5/8")
Roger

I must be going to the wrong places or looking in the wrong place then, I Haven't seen 96" in a long time. It's either 92 5/8" or 10'

[jslo]

Aren't there usually two bottom plates on a standard wall? I ended up with one top plate and two bottom plates and I still had to cut some off. Pretty good chance my house isn't exactly 8' though. I got both walls up either way. I'm going to have to pull one wall out to fit all the shelves in though I think.

Actually, typical framing uses two top plates with the top one being used to "lock in" intersecting walls.