Advice for Stud Wall between kitchen / living room

[Prizen]

Hi all

I have to build a small stud partition to separate a kitchen come living room space. I say small as the opening is 12ft across, where double doors will be fitted leaving a couple of feet where I need to build the small stud wall.

There is a concrete lintel or precast concrete of some sort dropping down from the ceiling. This lintel is around 5” wide. The odd thing is, the lower surface of this lintel, where I will screw on a head plate, is far from level. I mean across the width of it!!

How would you go about getting the head plate level? Just pack behind the head plate 2x4 with plastic shims?

Thanks

 

[Bingy man]

Hi there, yes take the easy route , other option is to cut the header to match the beam not to difficult with a bandsaw- you definitely don’t want to be chiselling into concrete

 

[rogxwhit]

Plastic shims!!! Are we not woodworkers? We whittle our own, from wood. Tailor made!

And watch what you're drilling into - like reinforcing bars ...

 

[Bingy man]

Nothing wrong with making your own out of wood but plastic shims allow you to get the exact size by adding thicker or thinner shims as reqd + the speed at which i work I don’t need anything else to slow me down . In my experience plastic shims are more accurate and will not rot , or swell imo.

 

[Just4Fun]

How out of level is it? Will the head piece be 2 ft or 12 ft? I would just bevel the head piece. Even if 12 ft it would not take too long with a plane or, if it is a long way out of level, an axe.

 

[baldkev]

How out of level is it? Will the head piece be 2 ft or 12 ft? I would just bevel the head piece. Even if 12 ft it would not take too long with a plane or, if it is a long way out of level, an axe.

Jacob, is that you?!?

 

[Jameshow]

What gap is there in between the header plate and the lintel.

If less than 2" I'd just use expanding foam?

If more, then a header and another above with spacers?