This is a short video on anchoring a wooden wall onto a concrete floor.
Securing wall to basement floor.
If like me you re not that lucky you still have a few options.
Lag shields produce strong joints but they involve more installation steps than most fasteners.
Use treated wood if the wood will come into contact with concrete such as the wood floor plates of framed walls or wood furring strips that attach directly to basement walls.
This is the most expensive option.
How to nail a stud wall to a cement floor.
Replace the sole plate and drive lag screws with washers into the shields.
You can buy one or rent one.
Measure from the floor to the ceiling in at least three spots in the wall location.
Drill holes through the wood sole plate with a wood bit and mark the floor.
Possibilities for securing the wood framing to the floor.
If you plan to finish a basement you have.
If your basement floor is not level which most basement floors aren t building on the floor will be a challenge.
You ll need help with holding the wood together as you start to secure it and you ll need someone to help lift the wall into place.
Tapcon screws pre drill base plate and concrete and then secure to the floor with tapcon screwes.
Move the sole plate drill the floor suck out the dust and tap the shield into place.
This allows for the thickness of both plates actually 1.
This will require a hefty hammer drill.
Powder actuated hammer a tool which fires a 22 caliber shell loaded with a nail.
Subtract 3 1 4 inches to find the stud length needed.
There are a variety of ways to secure framed walls to concrete.