Good Questions: Temporary Wall Tips?

2005_1_3_question mark.jpg Hello AT,

I am planning to wall off my living room to turn it into a real big bedroom for myself. Since it's a co-op, I dont want a permament wall, so a temporary wall will be needed.

So far I have 2 quotes from people I found on CL and am not really happy with the 1600 to 1300 dollar range I have been quoted. Also, the lower priced quotes are for compression panel walls which have seams covered by a plastic strip. I need a complete L shaped wall with door so I can have privacy and sleep peacefully.

Does anyone have tips/referrals, etc? Novaid

This is one for the crowd. We are not sure of the going rate for a wall, but $1300-$1600 for an L wall with door doesn't seem too high to us (for a good job). One of our clients has used compression walls from The Living Space Company and they are happy. Their wall cost @ $800 with a $300 deposit (the walls are leased for 3 years). If you own, however, we would invest in a solid wall. The reality is that labor and materials in NYC just add up. MGR

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As far as temporary walls, I've got a "cheat sheet" to help you get started posted on cityhammer.com...follow this link:

http://www.cityhammer.com/tips/show/?id=36

We also have several well-reviewed Wall companies listed if you want to contact a pro.

we'd be more than happy to provide you with a free quote. We specialize in pressurized walls with great sound isolation and we also use green materials to be environmentally friendly.

I just moved into a great building downtown and the day of move-in I saw a pressurized wall truck named manhattan pressurized walls www.divideyourroom.com parked right infront of the moving truck. I spoke to one of the guys unloading materials from the truck and asked him if we can have a wall put up also at the same time as a joke. The guy said just call my boss and it shouldnt be a problem, ppl always ask us to build a wall on the spot. So I did, I called the number and I spoke to a Simon who asked me to go to the apt with one of the carpenters to give an accurate measurement and for $995 plus tax as long as the property manager gave it a green light, we will have it done in no time. Well I got the green light in a matter of 5 mins. A certificate of insurance was faxed to the supers office and 10 mins later I had 3 guys in my apartment building the wall. They were done with the wall before we even finished moving.
All I can say is manhattan pressurized walls is AWESOME and do great work. For a temp. wall it looked like a regular wall in the apt. none of my friends know the difference. I am so happy with Simon and his crew. I always see the truck infront of my building and always talk to his guys!

I used allweekwalls.com they did an amazing job and did it on time.http://allweekwalls.com/

Does anyone know if there is a place in the San Francisco bay area (California) who installs and takes down temporary pressurized walls?

Thanks!

I just had my wall removed by manhattan pressurized wall and they were right no damage left behind! Looks like there was never a wall installed in my apt.

I am moving into a 1bdrm in queens and wont be needing a wall but I recommend them to anyone looking to have a wall installed.

I had the lease for 2 years and only needed the wall for about one year and they removed it for free. Thanks to the great crew!

I just had my wall installed by Manhattan Pressurized Wall, and they did such a bad job and was unprofessional. They did not even finish nor painted my wall. Now, I have to hire a contractor to come visit the job. I would NEVER use them.

I used a company called Cali Contractor - http://www.calicontractor.com to add a temporary wall to divide an area of my house and they did a really great job. However, they are in Los Angeles so I don't know how helpful this is. They use something called pressurized walls so it's definitely temporary and won't leave permanent damage (they promised to fix any marks if there are any when we uninstall). They even use sound insulation so you really can't hear any noise through the wall.

I used a company called Cali Contractor - calicontractor.com to add a temporary wall to divide an area of my house and they did a really great job. However, they are in Los Angeles so I don't know how helpful this is. They use something called pressurized walls so it's definitely temporary and won't leave permanent damage (they promised to fix any marks if there are any when we uninstall). They even use sound insulation so you really can't hear any noise through the wall.

Has anyone here used wallzilla? any comments/ reviews would be greatly appreciated?