How to Build a Room Partition for One's Home

Plan Your Room

• 1

  Consider the lighting, ventilation, room access, electrical outlets and pipes you'll need in the room.

• 2

  Draw the existing space as is and the design you want to create out of it.

• 3

  Include new walls, doors, windows, electrical outlets, plumbing features and ventilation in your plan.

Build the Walls

• 4

  Mark the location of walls on the ceiling beams. You may need to remove a section of the ceiling to locate them.

• 5

  Measure the framing for the walls. Include spaces for the doors and windows and determine where electrical and plumbing fixtures will be.

• 6

  Lay out all of the cut frame pieces and mark them for the stud locations.

• 7

  Attach the frames together, lift the frames and attach them to the studs.

• 8

  Secure the walls in place. Use a level to make sure the frame is straight.

• 9

  Place the new plumbing and electrical fixtures in the new walls.

• 10

  Repeat the process with all of the remaining walls.

Finish the Room

• 11

  Add drywall or paneling to the walls.

• 12

  Put in the doors and windows.

• 13

  Paint the room.