My basement workshop is 10' x 30'. My wife suggested (yeh, really!) that I enlarge it by moving the wall over. It is a simple partition wall, but unfortunately it can only go over 2' before hitting a window. Still, that extra two feet would be wonderful. I don't know anything about construction, and wonder if it is worth the effort. The room I would be going into has cheap carpeting, cheap paneling, and a drop ceiling. There is one air return and a few electrical outlets; but everything would be made shorter, so redoing those should not be a big deal. I see the drop ceiling as the major problem, but have never actually worked on one, so don't really know. A friend assured me he would be glad to help, and it is all very simple. However, he thinks everything is very simple, and occasionally gets in way over his head. Concrete floor, wood frame.
So, just how hard would it be to tear out the old wall, redo the drop ceiling, and put up a new paneled wall? Am I like to be able to reuse any of the materials, or is that all scrap?