To use it load a special gun nail and a 22 caliber gun shell into the barrel.
How to attach new wall to concrete floor.
Snap chalk lines.
Repeat every 16 along the bottom plate.
To lay new concrete sweep and clean the old concrete and saturate the old concrete with water.
First ensure the existing wall to which the new one will attach at a 90 degree angle has a stud immediately behind.
Make sure the braces are level and lay down a barrier of wire mesh over the existing concrete inside of the barrier.
Masonry screws are an easy solution to concrete fastening chores.
Use an impact driver to drive a 3 tapcon screw through the wood and into the floor.
Now you can apply a mark where you intend for the wall to be positioned.
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.
Then build a perimeter or a wood brace that is the same height as you want the concrete to be.
Determine the wall location.
In this video i show you my technique for installing a bottom plate of wall to concrete floor for finishing a basement or garage.
Buy concrete spikes and nail them in with a small sledge hammer.
Press the nose against the workpiece pull the trigger and the shell will drive the fastener directly into the concrete.
This is a short video on anchoring a wooden wall onto a concrete floor.
The fastest and easiest way to attach most wood parts to concrete is to use a powder actuated gun.
Use a hammer drill with 3 16 masonry bit to drill a hole through the wood and into the concrete floor.
Use tapcon screws although this requires a pilot hole it s the option.
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Repeat at the other end of the board.
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When you buy the screws you ll also need to get a special bit that makes a pilot hole matched to the fastener.
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When you hit the spike the gunpowder charge fires driving the fastener into.
Is the bottom horizontal part of a wall or building to which the vertical studs will be attached.
Buy the spikes that come with a charge.
Mark the length of the new wall on both the adjoining wall and floor.