Step 4: Measure your top and bottom plates (green board--treated wood so it doesn't soak up moisture from the concrete) and cut to size. Next, mark each every 16" so you know where to place each stud (on center).
Line up a stud on each 16" marking between the top and bottom plates. For the basement, we also had to measure how long to cut the studs by finding the lowest point along our wall/ceiling. Upstairs, we kept all the studs the same length.
Use your nail gun to nail each stud into place.
Clean where your wall will go and place glue onto the concrete to make extra secure. Lift the nailed wall into place--remember your chalk-lines? Line up the green board along your chalk line. Use a nail-set (basically a small gun that shoots the nail into the concrete) to secure the green board into the concrete. Use a level to make sure plumb and level with existing walls and/or ceiling.
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Better start posting more often...I want to see the final result.
Come and build a new garage for me... with a theatre room in the basement and a real sewing room upstairs.
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