Framing Concrete Garage Walls

With the popularity of slab foundations many do it yourself renovators face the task of anchoring wall framing to concrete.

Framing concrete garage walls. In this section i ve cleared out some space on my garage floor. Cut pressure treated 2 x 4 boards to length and lay them along the chalk line. With the baseplate secure to the concrete floor i ve got a good base to attach my wall frame to. When considering the construction of a new garage you should definitely consider the advantages of using concrete blocks not only are they stronger than garages built from framing or metal materials but they are generally more leakproof soundproof and resistant to fire.

Thus an interior wall stud is added. Use an impact driver to drive a 3 tapcon screw through the wood and into the floor. With simple materials and readily available tools the novice carpenter can lay out build and anchor walls on concrete. The sketch is a cross section of the framing at the corners of the walls.

See the corner framing sketch to get a better idea of how this occurs. When wall 1 and wall 2 come together the end studs will sit such that there will be no way to attach the interior sheathing to the framing of wall 1. The small walls on each side of an overhead garage door need additional beefy bracing to tie the walls to the foundation as well as the header to the wall talk to your local building official for details. Concrete may be tough as rock but with the right tools securing walls to slabs is a smooth process.

The plate markings are sort of like a map that you utilize for garage wall framing when building a garage. This is the more complicated of the short walls since it contains the overhead door rough opening. That way i can build the frame on the ground and then lift it into place. Now lets look at the short garage wall framing elevation components diagram at the right.

This is much easier than building the wall frame in place vertically against the wall. Repeat at the other end of the board. Other nails have a thick shank that sometimes has spiral ridges for improved holding power. Some concrete nails are the cut nail design shown in the photo with a thick flat shank and a tapering v profile.

Choose a length that will penetrate the concrete at least 1 inch. Use a hammer drill with 3 16 masonry bit to drill a hole through the wood and into the concrete floor.