I live in East Tennessee. I am building a room in a dry basement and one wall so far has treated wood studs against the cinderblock of the basement wall. I want to attach a support for a horizontal work surface about 30” above the floor to the studs before I drywall. That way I can attach the supports for the work surface directly to the studs rather than through the drywall and into the studs. – I think it will be stronger and I am much more likely to screw into the center of the studs if I can see them. Thus at the contact of the wall and the proposed work surface there will be a (treated) horizontal 2x4 screwed to the studs to support the back edge of the work surface. This means that when I drywall that wall there will not be any drywall behind this horizontal 2x4 as it crosses each space between the studs. (The drywall will stop at the top edge of the horizontal 2x4 and resume at ita lower edge.)
Will this be a problem? I have fire breaks between the studs at the top of the wall and there will be fiberglass in the cavities, but I’m wondering whether I am supposed to have a continuous dry wall layer between each stud cavity and the actual room. As described there would not be any dry wall directly behind the horizontal work surface support that is attached directly to the studs. Do I need to attach dry wall behind each horizontal 13” span between the studs or what?
Thanks for any help here.
Will this be a problem? I have fire breaks between the studs at the top of the wall and there will be fiberglass in the cavities, but I’m wondering whether I am supposed to have a continuous dry wall layer between each stud cavity and the actual room. As described there would not be any dry wall directly behind the horizontal work surface support that is attached directly to the studs. Do I need to attach dry wall behind each horizontal 13” span between the studs or what?
Thanks for any help here.