Hanging Drywall On Cement Walls

Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel.

Hanging drywall on cement walls.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. An exterior wall though presents another opportunity. When insulating concrete basement walls a good idea because concrete basement walls are often cold use rigid. If installing drywall panels use moisture and mildew resistant drywall.

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. While you can certainly glue drywall to a concrete block wall there are significant disadvantages with this method of adhering it. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls. Cement block walls are common particularly for basement construction and garages but they lack warmth or personality.

You can also hang drywall over paneling you just have to make sure to hit the wall studs. 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. If the drywall is in. How to hang drywall on block walls.

Even in so called finished basements. Drywall is usually attached to wall studs with 2 inch drywall screws using an electric drill with a driver bit installed. The hat channel image 1 should be attached to the wall using concrete nails and concrete nail gun images 2 and 3.