Produce a Timber Frame Wall Panel
Lets focus on an easy wall, without any door or window openings. We can reach the more difficult panels later. The typical height for a panel is 2.453 metres. This can be a standard ceiling height for some homes. In addition it easily accommodates plasterboard and plywood/OSB. A wall comprises of timbers with dimensions of 38mm deep and 140mm in width and can be found in an assortment of lengths, ranging from 2.1 and then rising in 300mm increments as much as 5.4 m long. For the sake with this example we uses lengths of 4.8m CLS C16 grade timbers. The wall we wish to make is on the gable of the house, hence no windows or doors. The gable wall is actually 9.5m but we must break that on to a far more manageable size. We take the 9.5 m wall and divide by two to get two walls of 4.75 m long. This is much simpler to deal with. Divide 4.75 by 0.4 (the vertical stud centres) to obtain 11.87. Round the amount right down to 11 and you can add 2 to create the number of studs around 13