Framing Wall To Concrete Floor

Repeat at the other end of the board.

Framing wall to concrete floor.

On upper levels of a house the underside of the floor framing generally serves to back ceiling materials. This framework may or may not be supported intermediately by girders beams or walls. Use a hammer drill with 3 16 masonry bit to drill a hole through the wood and into the concrete floor. Be sure to wear safety goggles when hammering masonry nails into concrete.

Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. Attaching your wall framing to the concrete floor is a necessary part of the process after building a brand new framed wall. Use an impact driver to drive a 3 tapcon screw through the wood and into the floor. While you can hire a pro contractor to do this it is easy to do it on your own as well.

Subtract 3 1 4 inches to find the stud length needed. This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall. In this video i show you my technique for installing a bottom plate of wall to concrete floor for finishing a basement or garage. A raised floor is constructed with a wooden framework that bridges from one exterior wall to another.

When you have a window on the concrete wall you will have to build a frame around the window. 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. Cut pressure treated 2 x 4 boards to length and lay them along the chalk line. In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor.

Walls are built from the ground up. And the vertical studs can t go all the way from the floor to joist. Use these time stamps to ju. Process first you should clean the area where the wall framing will be installed by cleaning sweeping and vacuuming as necessary.

Stand the wood frame wall up on the concrete foundation in the spot where it will be anchored. 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. In this video i show you the method that i use to attach basement framing to a concrete floor.

With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. Measure from the floor to the ceiling in at least three spots in the wall location. Step 2 insert a masonry bit that is 5 8 inch in diameter and at least 12 inches long into a hammer drill.