How to Frame Out Basement Walls | This Old House

now whenever you do in the basement over the main concern that you always have to worry about is moisture and that's why you had me install this plastic panel right we did this a few weeks ago what we're looking for is any condensation that should collect on the plastic if it collects between the plastic and the foundation that means the foundation is not sealed next thing I look for any condensation that you collect on the surface of the plastic that's nice and dry so weird right we're all set well we're all set except for one thing I saw a couple of rust marks right here from these steel ties in the walls now you've got a few of them that the water's coming in here so before we get started I'm going to show you how to plug these holes from the inside all right Brady take the center punch put it on that tie and try to drive it through they only have to go in about a quarter to a half an inch to plug the holes we're going to mix up some hydraulics Smit it's really fine and it's ideal for this application before I apply the hydraulic cement to the hole I want you to take that bottle and Miss the hole with water the reason I want you to wet the concrete is I don't want it to take all the water out of my head relics mint so it'll dry evenly now once I put it in the hole it's going to actually expand inside the hole and it's going to fill that gap up so water can't leak through this is what we're going to insulate your foundation with it's a two foot wide by eight foot high by 2 inches thick sheet of polystyrene it has a tongue and groove joint so when the pieces go together it'll be nice and tight this is a foam board adhesive it's going to stick the foam right to the foundation it's specifically formulated for this application okay now just tip the top into that space up above push it into the corner and hold it against the foundation all right next sheet now we have to think about how you're going to attach a drywall to the wall and how we're going to do that we're actually going to make a wood grid system using this 1 by 3 spruce board first thing I did is I measure to the top of the foundation over here and then I measured down about three inches and I put a line over here I then measured up off the floor about three inches and placed another line then I divided the space in half and put a centerline I divided the top space in half put another line divided the bottom space in half with another line I got it so we're gonna have five horizontal nailing strips right next thing we're gonna do is we're gonna snap some chalk lines all the way across the wall and apply our wood strips all right here's how we're going to attach the spruce boards to the wall this is called a spring spike it doesn't have a point on the end like a regular nail but it has a little band on the end it acts like a spring when I drive this in through the concrete that spring will try to straighten out holding the spike into the wall the spring spike is four inches long I have to drill a hole fly hole has to be five inches deep because I don't want the spring spike to bottom out when I Drive it home drill the holes I'm using a hammer drill with a 3/16 masonry bit alright that's great now Brady you could actually install a wall board right to the horizontals but I want to create more depth to accommodate the electrical to do that we're going to run more one by three boards only this time vertically right on the surface of the horizontal and to attach them I'm going to use drywall screws now we're attaching our pieces of one by three vertically 16 inches on center fasten our wall boy to it what do you think Brady Thomas looks excellent well now what we have a to chases we can run a wire down from the ceiling vertically or horizontally behind the uprights by building the wall out we've also created more depth in the wall so now we can use a standard electrical outlet if we want to mount it here we dig out a little bit of insulation and then put it in up against the one body you

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Keywords: This Old House, Ask This Old House, DIY, Home Improvement, DIY Ideas, Renovation, Renovation Ideas, How To Fix, How To Install, How To Build, basement, Framing, concrete walls, drywall, foundation, finished basement, concrete wall, frame walls, Rust, Rust Marks, Cleaning, Construction, Design, Repair, Wall, Episode, Tom Silva, tom silva this old house, tom silva house, tom silva construction, tom silva tools, tommy silva

Id: i48Tdi4H1TY

Length: 4min 12sec (252 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 07 2012