Making some cheap internal walls

[beejay]

I rent some space in a barn for car storage and the landlord has said he's happy for me to put up some walls around my little space. Should help stop my mess spreading and make the place look a little tidier.

The space I have is rectangular; one side is defined by the (brick) wall, the opposite corners defined by two chunky wooden posts. Plan is to construct two walls between these posts and the wall. Undecided on what to do with the 3rd side.

I'm thinking of using some wood to make a frame to which I can nail some sheet of some type. I can screw that to the floor as its nice level concrete and tie it to the existing wooden posts using bracketry of some kind. I assume 2x2 would be strong enough for the task? I'm not hanging anything off it beyond the sheeting. On that front I'm not sure what direction to go in, plywood I would assume. Its inside so weatherproofing is not an issue, however I am on a budget so it has to be cheap! Plasterboard seems cheaper but not sure its the right stuff for the task at hand.

Any advice appreciated!

[-Pete-]

Normally you'd use 38x63 studwork:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Studwork-Timber/invt/10717...

and for what you're doing I'd suggest OSB:

http://www.wickes.co.uk/OSB3/invt/110517

as plasterboard is moisture-sensitive, and easy to dent/break. Buy some TurboGold screws from Screwfix and you don't need to pre-drill anything:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/17178/Screws/Interio...

[beejay]

Cheers for the advice, just started putting up the frame work and will be sorting myself out with some OSB2 in the new year!

[-Pete-]

I hope you bought the turbogold screws, it makes a bigger difference than you'd think. Looking forward to seeing the pictures!