How To Stud A Wall On Concrete

Putting up some of the interior walls and drilling for anchor bolts to attach to radiant concrete slab.

How to stud a wall on concrete.

Framing against a concrete wall isn t as hard as it seems since the concrete is already bearing the load of your house. Start at one end of a wall and mark the location of the first stud. Wall studs are typically installed at 16 intervals when measured at their centers. The first thing to do is put your drill into hammer mode and drill a hole in the concrete.

If you plan to finish a basement you have. Clean any concrete dust out of each hole you drill with a vacuum cleaner or wire brush. Framing a wall against the concrete allows you to add. If you built your wall in sections like i did you ll need to secure the sections to each other.

Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. Masonry walls like concrete tend to be damp dreary and unpleasant. This is video 4 of our diy sips house build. I use tapcon concrete screws to secure the wood to the floor.

In this video i show you the method that i use to attach basement framing to a concrete floor. Concrete may be tough as rock but with the right tools securing walls to slabs is a smooth process. The goal is to have one secure. Technically speaking your basement floor is made of concrete of which cement is one of several components.

With simple materials and readily available tools the novice carpenter can lay out build and anchor walls on concrete slabs. To bolt into concrete you ll need a hammer drill a titanium or carbide tipped drill bit and wedge anchors. Use a tape measure to mark out the location of the remaining studs along the wall. How to nail a stud wall to a cement floor.

Be sure to wear safety goggles when hammering masonry nails into concrete. Some concrete nails are the cut nail design shown in the photo with a thick flat shank and a tapering v profile. Other nails have a thick shank that sometimes has spiral ridges for improved holding power.