Building a temporary wall

Vegasears,

In my area Colorado depending on where you are at the float has to be 1.5 to 3 inches.

Artizen65. Please provide IBC code referance for steel stud installion requirements of a non-bearing partition. I in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A few pointers
Your canvas setup is probably the cheapest/best.temporary solution. 2"x4"x92"s are 3 dollars each,4'x8'x1/2"gypsum board is 12.95$ each.Acoustic insulation Roxul is about 30$ a bag of 10 butts.Then you should run 2"x6" for base and headers so you can stugger the 2"x4" on 16" on center.Tha way you create acousticaly dead wall with the insulation installed in the cavities of course.Don't forget a box of drywall screws and nails to put the studs together.I agree about the floating wall.Just cut short and install a layer of thick foam band(pink brand insulation sells rolls of that ) at the header between it and the beam.Make sure to drill pilot holes at the header larger than the screws diameter to allow for movement up/down direction.Add the cost of taping(plaster) and prime/paint and baseboards for a finish look.Lastly how temporary is that for a wall?
Prices are in Canadian dollars at Home Depot but close enough to USD.
Best of luck
George

Gunbei
Boy nothing goes by you!
Vegasears
Drywall screws are NOT self tapping althought they are designed to penetrate the thin steel studs due to very very sharp points.Self tapping screws are the ones with the drill point.I finf working with wood studs easier,prices are the same for wood or steel studs.Wood is stronger and preffered for residential construction.If not experienced working with steel studs then to be avoided because they are extremely sharp and harder to fasten screws on them as they tend to twist on you.In order to get a square cut on a channel you required to do two cuts ,one cut for separation and a second one to square as the edges buckle and curl up on first cut,making assemply difficult.
Best regards
George

George

There are many ways to construct a wall, mine is only one of many. Yes self tapping was wrong but a lot easier than writing. "They have tiny little cutting blades on there tiny little heads." Interesting.. Wood vs. steel.. Digital vs. Vinyl. are we audiophiles or what. ya just gotta luv it.