Floating Walls
Learn about floating wall construction in a basement in an expansive soil environment because floating furring and floating partition walls have special requirements. Also included are tips for plumbing a basement bathroom with floating walls. These real questions and real answers may help you address your own basement floating wall concerns.
Visitors' feedback on Floating Wall articles:
I used info from your article (Floating partition walls to basement requirements?) to help construct the interior rooms for my barn. Like your original questioner, I am in Colorado—about 40 miles south of Denver—and have to deal with expansive soils.
For the barn, I used exterior doors to seal the rooms from the barn environment. Therefore, I had to float around the doors (rather than just leave space below). I got the job done, but my design was far more complicated and labor-intensive than would work for most people.
I found few people who could even give me advice on how to go about it, let alone give me a design. If you have any info on how to accomplish this, others might find it useful.
Thanks very much for the article and the web site! Steve A. (5/10/07)
I just read your articles on floating wall construction. It's hard to find solid, useful information on construction techniques for floating walls. Thanks for your help! Eric H. (2/25/05)
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