Hanging Drywall On Cement Walls

How to hang drywall on block walls.

Hanging drywall on cement walls.

If the drywall is in. With over five years of experience professionally mounting and installing objects through his company jason s handyman services jason s work includes working with mounting window ac units designing art gallery walls installing kitchen cabinets and replacing. Cement block walls are common particularly for basement construction and garages but they lack warmth or personality. If installing drywall panels use moisture and mildew resistant drywall.

The hat channel image 1 should be attached to the wall using concrete nails and concrete nail gun images 2 and 3. An exterior wall though presents another opportunity. 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. While you can certainly glue drywall to a concrete block wall there are significant disadvantages with this method of adhering it.

Drywall is usually attached to wall studs with 2 inch drywall screws using an electric drill with a driver bit installed. When insulating concrete basement walls a good idea because concrete basement walls are often cold use rigid. However in some installations such as in a basement it is necessary to glue drywall sheets to the interior of concrete block walls. Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel.

Even in so called finished basements. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. This article was co authored by jason phillip jason phillip is a handyman specializing in mounting and hanging objects onto walls.