Securing Wall To Basement Floor

Powder actuated hammer a tool which fires a 22 caliber shell loaded with a nail.

Securing wall to basement floor.

This is the most expensive option. A cordless may drain too quickly depending on how much framing needs to be secured to the floor. This will require a hefty hammer drill. Lay the sill plate over the bolts place the wall frame over the sill plate and install washers and nuts to secure the wall frame to the foundation.

How to nail a stud wall to a cement floor. If you have an air compressor the easiest way is with a nail gun ramset that will shoot the concrete anchors into the concrete. Lay out and drill anchor bolt holes through the wall frame s bottom plate. Push a drive pin into the barrel of.

Then remove the tape. What you need ladder plumb bob chalk line bottom and top plates nails hammer 2 1 2 inch drywall screws carpenter s level shims. Tapcon screws pre drill base plate and concrete and then secure to the floor with tapcon screwes. Tape a one foot by one foot square of plastic sheeting plastic kitchen wrap will do to the concrete wall in your basement with duct tape and leave it in place for 24 hours.

There are a variety of ways to secure framed walls to concrete. Use a power drill and wood boring bit to drill anchor bolt holes through the sill plate.