The lumber is hung vertically.
How to hang sheetrock on cinder block walls.
Leave a 1 inch gap between the bottom of the vertical furring strips and the base furring strip.
The plastic hook attaches to the wall with small metal nails that pound into the wall surface with a hammer.
Cut enough furring strips from 1 by 3 inch lumber with a circular saw to allow you to space them 16 inches apart for the entire width of the wall as measured from the center of each strip.
Using a scraper scrape off chunks of debris from the wall to make it as smooth as possible.
Determine where you will install furring strips along your block walls.
How to glue drywall to the interior of concrete block walls.
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Measure and mark the walls with a pencil to determine the placement of the furring strips.
I used it in my college dorm 25 years ago and now use them in my classroom on the cinderblock walls.
These hooks can support up to 25 pounds and can be pried from the wall when they are no longer needed.
The strips should be roughly 16 to 24 inches apart and fall in the center and each edge of the drywall sheets.
This gap is for installing electrical wires and cables for television or internet.
You hammer the hanger into the wall and it puts 4 small pins into the wall that are holding a plastic hook.
Use concrete nails and a concrete nail gun to attach the hat channels to the wall after drawing a plumb line to make sure you ve spaced the hat.
Frame out the rest of the wall by adding faux top and sole plates dropping the top a bit for a drop ceiling if that s an issue and.
Cut the nozzle end of a tube of construction adhesive at a 45 degree angle using a utility knife.
Hardwall hangers are picture hooks intended specifically for difficult surfaces like concrete block and brick walls.