Hand carried a ton-and-a-half of lumber in to the basement over the weekend, and started framing... fun!
When framing walls, celiings and soffits, I assume you need a to have a frame member for each edge of drywall where there is a joint. For two walls that meet an an inside corner, this means a stud on each wall that form the corner.
How about ceilings? It seems that the top-plate of the wall provides the backing for the top edge for the SR on the wall, but what about that on the ceiling? It seems that I've seen a number of pictres that have rafters running accross the ceiliing, and resting on the top plate of the wall, but no blocking to provide anything to attach to for that ceiling sheet. That would leave 24" 'gaps' between sheetrock screws on the ceiling edges.
Ditto for siffits. When building the soffit 'box', does each edge of the box need to have a backing along it the entire length?
When framing walls, celiings and soffits, I assume you need a to have a frame member for each edge of drywall where there is a joint. For two walls that meet an an inside corner, this means a stud on each wall that form the corner.
How about ceilings? It seems that the top-plate of the wall provides the backing for the top edge for the SR on the wall, but what about that on the ceiling? It seems that I've seen a number of pictres that have rafters running accross the ceiliing, and resting on the top plate of the wall, but no blocking to provide anything to attach to for that ceiling sheet. That would leave 24" 'gaps' between sheetrock screws on the ceiling edges.
Ditto for siffits. When building the soffit 'box', does each edge of the box need to have a backing along it the entire length?