1/8/19:
Summary: Today I affixed the wall frame I made yesterday to the ceiling, first wall frame, and the bathroom’s base boards.
This morning I started off by measuring the distance between the top edge of the lowest frame board to the bottom edge of the lowest RO (rough opening) board. It was a 2 15/16” span. I followed this up by cutting five sections of 2×4, each being that length of 2 15/16“.
I inserted these in between the bottom RO board and the base of the frame for two reasons. The first was to provide additional sturdiness due to its being the future doorway to the bathroom. The second was to provide more surfaces by which the entire bottom of the frame could be pulled against the base of the bathroom. I put two screws into the top of each, using the square as a guide as to whether they were straight from front to back, but I did not screw them all the way in yet. My reasoning behind this, is because I wanted to have the 2 15/16” 2×4 pieces nice and sturdily gripped from either side so I could use them to pull the RO base to a point that was even along the top of bathroom’s base board.
To fasten the mini-2×4 pieces into place, I first took a 12′ long piece of 1×6, cut it to 74″ (width of pocket door opening), and then positioned it and screwed it in at the base of the latest wallframe. I then put screws through the 1×6 at the places where those mini-2×4 pieces were to fastened to the base RO 2×4. This gave those little pieces of blocking enough strength to endure the next task of pulling the wall over.
Of course, before I pulled the wall over, I ensured it was in the right position (we set it remarkably close yesterday, it being only about a quarter-inch off). I tapped it over with a hammer, clamped the bottom of the frame to the base of the bathroom, and then put in about 2 screws per mini-2×4 piece – one for the 2×4 itself and one directly from the bathroom base board to the bottom of the frame.
This took quite some time, but everything met up quite neatly, especially when I drilled in those screws I had left up earlier on. To finish the morning up, I made sure the frame was square and level both with the container and with the original piece of framing. Then I fastened both pieces together with woodscrews. Next, I unfastened the top board of the RO and put 3 self-tapping screws in above it. I also put an additional self-tapper up and through the single 2×4 thick gap to the right side of the door and into the center of the first bit of frame.
Tomorrow, I believe I may reinforce the top of the RO, and I will begin cutting boards for the wall between the bathroom and the kitchen.
