What's the best way to secure wood beams to a cement wall or floor for DIY drywalling purposes?

Answer 1

I would suggest construction adhesive and a few masonry nails, to hold the batons in place until the glue sets.

Answer 2

Before you go firing off guns and squeezing a lot of construction adhesive, take a look around, you might get away with nearly nothing. If you nail a 2X4 to beams in the ceiling, you can friction fit studs between that and a 2X4 plate at the bottom, on the concrete floor. The bottom plate is glued to the floor, the top is screwed or nailed to the timber above -and the studs are screwed/nailed to those. Yes, 2X4's cost more than firring strips, BUT, you have more room for electrical boxes and such -and maybe some insulation. It certainly GOES faster than any other way; I should know, I've done too many too count.

Answer 3

Hard cut masonry nails will definitely work if you don't mind some from frustration and a sore elbow. Much faster, easier, and reliable are Tap Cons or other specially designed concrete screws. (usually blue in color) They cost more than the nails, and instead of only a hammer, you'll need a hammer-drill and, ideally, another drill for driving the screws, its worth it.
Probably most important is a quality construction adhesive (polyurethane is best). Use globs along the length of the firring strip as opposed to a long thin bead. You'll only need 3, maybe 4 nails/screws to hold the firring up til the glue dries because it won't go anywhere then.

Answer 4

Since the cement is dry about the only way to secure wood is by using concrete nails or use concrete drill with anchor bolts. If the beams are thick and heavy then the bolts would be best. For drywall the nails will do the trick.

Answer 5

The best way to secure wooden studs to a concrete wall would be with a Hilti gun. This is a piece of equipment you can rent at most tool rental places. This device looks like a gun, and in essence, that is what it is.

Basically, you purchase specialized concrete nails that fit into the barrel of this tool. Also, you buy plastic strips of charges that feed into the back of the gun. The charges actually have gunpowder in them. When the gun is loaded, you press it agains the stud, pull the trigger and BANG. It drives the nail through the wood and into the concrete. You can read more about Hilti guns at this url:

http://www.hilti.com/holcom/modules/prcat/prca_navigation.jsp?OID=-9982

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

I just bought a powder actuated nail gun to do the same. It uses a blank .22 caliber round to sink a nail through a 2 x 4 and into the concrete. They cost about $75, but it beats drilling. Hardware stores carry them.

Answer 7

You can use cement screws of the proper length. You need to buy a special drill to drill the holes for the screws, I'd also use some of the glues that were mentioned above.

Answer 8

Liquid nails,,, or F-26 construction adhesive..

Answer 9

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