Attaching Metal Studs To Concrete Wall

By placing stud walls inside they can create rooms for a plethora of different uses.

Attaching metal studs to concrete wall.

Cut one stud to size and use that along with a level to mark the location of the top plate at both ends and snap a line to guide placement. Don t worry about cutting your metal studs to fit perfectly. Ramset makes a variety of semi automatic powder actuated tools which make this task far easier. Masonry screws 5 the home depot are an easy solution for fastening a wall to concrete.

Luckily there now exists an easier way to attach the pressure preservative treated bottom plate of these walls to the concrete floors than trying to hand drive nails. Cut away the ceiling sheathing or drywall if present to reveal the ceiling from. If you re building a stud wall in a garage or basement you ll use metal tracks to attach the studs to the concrete. The flat countersunk head of a tapcon screw provides a smooth surface in the wood to which you can attach your finishing material.

Concrete anchor bolts work best to attach metal to concrete. Use a stud to locate the top plate unlike wood steel studs are reliably straight. Drill at least 1 4 inch deeper into the concrete than the fastener s embedment and suck dust out of the hole with a shop vac. Alternatively you could cast the concrete with the metal embedded in the concrete.

This is not the best approach because the metal will rust when embedded in concrete. When you buy the screws you ll also need to get a special bit that makes a pilot hole matched to the fastener. Step 1 measure for the new stud wall with a tape measure and use a pencil to transfer the dimensions to the concrete floor. Concrete screws work well to attach the track to concrete.

Insert blocking between joists to create a nailing attachment for walls that run parallel to the ceiling joists. Tapcons can also be used in concrete brick and block. I am academically trained as a civil engineer was a full time development consultant when not on active duty as an army officer and civil designer for more than 15 years and from 2004 2009 was president managing principal of civ.