Framing Wall To Concrete Floor

Process first you should clean the area where the wall framing will be installed by cleaning sweeping and vacuuming as necessary.

Framing wall to concrete floor.

This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall. Use these time stamps to ju. Repeat at the other end of the board. Step 2 insert a masonry bit that is 5 8 inch in diameter and at least 12 inches long into a hammer drill.

If you have a drain line or other plumbing line make sure to run the line between the joists and where it comes down vertically bring it between studs in on a wall. Walls are built from the ground up. Be sure to wear safety goggles when hammering masonry nails into concrete. That way i can build the frame on the ground and then lift it into place.

On upper levels of a house the underside of the floor framing generally serves to back ceiling materials. Attaching your wall framing to the concrete floor is a necessary part of the process after building a brand new framed wall. Stand the wood frame wall up on the concrete foundation in the spot where it will be anchored. Measure from the floor to the ceiling in at least three spots in the wall location.

When you have a window on the concrete wall you will have to build a frame around the window. This framework may or may not be supported intermediately by girders beams or walls. Subtract 3 1 4 inches to find the stud length needed. I use tapcon concrete screws to secure the wood to the floor.

With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. In this video i show you my technique for installing a bottom plate of wall to concrete floor for finishing a basement or garage. Cut pressure treated 2 x 4 boards to length and lay them along the chalk line. And the vertical studs can t go all the way from the floor to joist.

Some concrete nails are the cut nail design shown in the photo with a thick flat shank and a tapering v profile. Use a hammer drill with 3 16 masonry bit to drill a hole through the wood and into the concrete floor. Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. A raised floor is constructed with a wooden framework that bridges from one exterior wall to another.

In this video i show you the method that i use to attach basement framing to a concrete floor. Other nails have a thick shank that sometimes has spiral ridges for improved holding power. This allows for the thickness of both plates actually 1.