How To Hang Sheetrock On Cinder Block Walls
I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls.
How to hang sheetrock on cinder block walls. Measure and mark the walls with a pencil to determine the placement of the furring strips. This gap is for installing electrical wires and cables for television or internet. Leave a 1 inch gap between the bottom of the vertical furring strips and the base furring strip. Install vertical furring strips every 16 inches on the cinder blocks using concrete screws to hold them in place.
These hooks can support up to 25 pounds and can be pried from the wall when they are no longer needed. The plastic hook attaches to the wall with small metal nails that pound into the wall surface with a hammer. Cut the nozzle end of a tube of construction adhesive at a 45 degree angle using a utility knife. Determine where you will install furring strips along your block walls.
The strips should be roughly 16 to 24 inches apart and fall in the center and each edge of the drywall sheets. Frame out the rest of the wall by adding faux top and sole plates dropping the top a bit for a drop ceiling if that s an issue and. Hardwall hangers are picture hooks intended specifically for difficult surfaces like concrete block and brick walls. The lumber is hung vertically.
How to glue drywall to the interior of concrete block walls. Poke the foil cover at the. You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.
Using a scraper scrape off chunks of debris from the wall to make it as smooth as possible.