Hanging Drywall On Cement Walls

Even in so called finished basements.

Hanging drywall on cement walls.

Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel. An exterior wall though presents another opportunity. If installing drywall panels use moisture and mildew resistant drywall. While you can certainly glue drywall to a concrete block wall there are significant disadvantages with this method of adhering it.

When you attach drywall to a cinderblock or cement wall you ll need something called hat channel so named because it is shaped like a hat when viewed from the side. First draw a plumb line to make sure the hat channels will be spaced properly for the size of drywall and insulation you re using. How to hang drywall on block walls. With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The hat channel image 1 should be attached to the wall using concrete nails and concrete nail gun images 2 and 3. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls. Drywall is usually attached to wall studs with 2 inch drywall screws using an electric drill with a driver bit installed.

If the drywall is in. When insulating concrete basement walls a good idea because concrete basement walls are often cold use rigid. You can also hang drywall over paneling you just have to make sure to hit the wall studs.