How To Install Drywall On Concrete Wall

Attach with screws every 6 to 8 inches.

How to install drywall on concrete wall.

Measure the thickness of the drywall you plan to use with a tape measure. And usually i was able to at least use strapping 3 4 plywood or furring bar. Install drywall to reach the floor and frame outside corners. Measure the wall step 2.

Using a scraper scrape off chunks of debris from the wall to make it as smooth as possible. On a couple installs on the outside of elevator shafts etc we have installed drywall directly on the concrete using construction adhesive and minimal use. Saw horses step 1. Drive screws into the drywall sheet step 3.

Cut the nozzle end of a tube of construction adhesive at a 45 degree angle using a utility knife. Cut enough furring strips from 1 by 3 inch lumber with a circular saw to allow you to space them 16 inches apart for the entire width of the wall as measured from the center of each strip. Frame out the rest of the wall by adding faux top and sole plates dropping the top a bit for a drop ceiling if. Drill pilot holes through the wide face of each firing strop approximately ever 12 inches with a 3 16 inch drill.

Use concrete nails and a concrete nail gun to attach the hat channels to the wall after drawing a plumb line to make. Remove all the trim from the exterior walls window and door casings baseboards crown molding you name it and rip the drywall and studs off the block walls. I ve on many occasions had to install drywall on a concrete or cinder block wall but never in a basement. Install each successive sheet similarly butting each edge together and staggering.

How to glue drywall to the interior of concrete block walls step 1. Add additional sheets of drywall step 4. Add some rigid board insulation between the hat. Then to account for the foam s additional thickness add jamb extensions to the windows and doors and fur out around their openings.

Install final sheet of drywall step 6. With normal 1 2 inch drywall place.