How To Build An Interior Wall On A Concrete Floor
Other nails have a thick shank that sometimes has spiral ridges for improved holding power.
How to build an interior wall on a concrete floor. Measuring from the basement floor to the top of the sill plates better insures a flat floor because basement concrete slabs are never perfectly level but your wood floor can be by following these steps. Concrete may be tough as rock but with the right tools securing walls to slabs is a smooth process. Step 1 locate and mark the position of the floor joists above the basement with an electronic stud finder and pencil if the basement is fitted with a ceiling. Some concrete nails are the cut nail design shown in the photo with a thick flat shank and a tapering v profile.
Determine the wall location. Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. This is a short video on anchoring a wooden wall onto a concrete floor. Use a hammer drill with 3 16 masonry bit to drill a hole through the wood and into the concrete floor.
The end result of the project however probably will be. Be sure to wear safety goggles when hammering masonry nails into concrete. Since most basements have a concrete floor the tricky part is fixing the partition wall sole plate correctly. Either way the process to find the height of the bearing plate on the interior lower walls is about the same.
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. Building a nonstructural wall is simpler than it looks and even attaching it to concrete isn t a big deal. Use an impact driver to drive a 3 tapcon screw through the wood and into the floor.
Repeat at the other end of the board.