desgnr wrote:
I built a 6' long x 42" high kneewall between my Diningroom & Kitchen.
But if i push on the end of the wall it moves a little.
I want to put a Column at the end for support,but don't know how to
attach it to the ceiling & not see brackets.
Any suggestion's appreciated.


I made a very sturdy one by first lifting part of the floor and putting
a vertical 2x6 glued and screwed to the floor joist at the loose end of
the knee wall, also adding blocking to transfer the horizontal force to
the adjoining joists on each side. I would have had to change it a lot
to have more joints like that but the other end of the knee wall was
going into a normal wall anyway. I put the sill plate down also by
gluing and screwing it down into the double joists below the floor.
(double because it was around the opening for stairs) Then built the
kneewall using glue and screws. Now many people underestimate the
strength drywall can add, but it can add quite a lot. Before the
drywall the knee wall was fairly stiff. After installing the drywall
with GLUE and screws the wall became even stronger than I had hoped for.
For the drywall to add that much strength, the sill plate must be down
strong as all hell and the bottom of the drywall glued to it. I think I
had a few lag bolts with washers in the sill plate also but the glue is
also very important.