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Originally Posted by jscholl411
My friend has a wall the is non bearing and wants to make it into a knee wall inbetween the kitchen and living room. We removed all electrical and made the wall about 3'-6" or 4'.( not sure) right now the end wall moves back and forth. Placed a top on it and drilled a hole in the top plate and placed a 3/8" threaded rod (going to the basement). Tightened up on the rod and still wobbles. Did i mention the wall was built with 2x3 also. What are your suggestions to stop the wobbleing with out removing the entire thing and rebuilding with 2x4.. PLEASE HELP....
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The best way to keep it from 'wobbling' is to attach it like a railing with a 'post' at the end. That means that you would have to take up part of the floor and 'bolt' a 6x6 fir post at the end of the wall - into the side of a floor joist.
The very end of the section would be a 4x4 fir post, notched and bolted. We double the top plates to create an 'overlap' of the wall framing (Cap them like exterior framed walls). We like to add 3" - 4" deck screws for at all the attachment points (Holds tighter than nails)
Last, we use 5/8" sheetrock on both sides. Much stiffer and firmer. You could use construction adhesive on the back sides of the SR when attaching too.
FWIW - This is the method that we always use when building a 1/2 wall and they are solid.
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