snap your line along the floor,
attach track to floor(wood screw for wood, tapcon for concrete, or powder hilti/ramset gun),
measure your height on either end and cut your 2 end studs a little short like 1/4-1/2",
screw studs to bottom track.
now slide the top track over the studs and screw them to the top track,
throw a level on each stud
attach top track to roof
cut and screw in other studs.
for steel stud, all studs get cut 1/2" short for fire code, if a fire does occur the steel must be allowed space to expand with the extra heat
for attaching hte top plate. first rent a laser level that shoots a plumb line.. strike the line on the floor and ceiling, attach the track to the floor and ceiling. now fill the studs in.. plumb the first one and mark your 16" on centres from that. .unlike with wood framing where you offset the stud by 3/4" simply mark 16, 32, 48 and center the stud on the mark. steel stud's arent 1 -1/2 their closer to 1 1/4"
i didnt know the 1/2" was for fire code, it was just the way i was shown how to do it. and yes a laser level does wonders i just assumed the average guy wouldnt have one. and what are you looking for? actual size of the studs?
I'm on the same boat, I want to learn how to install drywall for my new house. Since I live in Brazil, people here uses primarily brick for walls, and drywall is just getting its space here in the last decades. I quite new to DIY in house construction, I worked mostly with wood, electricity and electronics.
One thing that is troubling me is how to fasten the runners, do I have to use a powder fastener or can I use a regular drill, screw and plug for concrete floors (in Brazil that is the norm, no wood floor here).
Also, how to fix the top runners in cases here I have a concrete beam on the way? Do I just fix it over (actually below) the beam?
powder gun from like hilti or ramset and blast it to the track to the floor is the quickest. you can tapcon it but it takes alot longer. you can shoot the ramset into steel, the nail will basically weld itself to the steel.
The problem with using a powder gun is that it requires a special license to use, and besides that it's very hard to find a gun and the pins for it in my area. That's why I want to know if it is doable with other techniques.
In Brazil you need a license to work with it (and even to buy the .22 cartridges), at least that's what I heard... also, a gun cost about 2500 dollars here. Kind of expensive for a one-time DIY use (I don't plan on change the wall of my house)...
I spell Brasil as Brazil because I'm writing in english, and in english that's how it is spelled. I spend the last week looking for powder gun or alternatives but with no success, I tried to contact Fischer (another company that has a powder gun) to see if they can give me any hope. But so far I'm thinking on "manual" alternatives, like a hammer drill and concrete screws...
ok i will let it slide lol go ronaldo ola ola have a few friends through flag foreign exchange
look into nitro set they ship to me with no hazmat but even them you are looking at 500 us dollars
here you can buy a manual one shot powder gun for about $30-60 and you can buy the cartridges right off the shelf. i know remington makes them and you can buy them on ebay. and yes you are suppose to get a license to operate one and you can be fined here in canada but nobody really enforces it. i've had mine for about 6years and have never been asked if i had one. just use tapcons or screws and plugs.
Because I live in Brazil, where people use the walls, brick, gypsum board is just getting started in the past few decades of the space. I am fairly new housing construction DIY, my work is mainly wood HP 75, electricity and electronics.
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