Instead of setting the studs back 1 2 inch to allow for the finished drywall to be flush with the concrete plane the original builder set the studs flush with the concrete surface plane.
How to drywall a concrete wall.
How to adhere drywall to a concrete block.
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 channels properly for the size of drywall and insulation you re using.
The hat channel image 1 should be attached to the wall using concrete nails and concrete nail gun images 2 and 3.
Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel.
First draw a plumb line to make sure the hat channels will be spaced properly for the size of drywall and insulation you re using.
1 measure down the length of the concrete wall at top bottom and middle.
Typically a stud wall is then installed against the concrete but furring strips are quick easy and take up less space.
In my garage the common wall to the house has a 6 foot stem footer concrete with wood studs above to the ceiling of 16 feet.
If the drywall is in.
Drywall is usually attached to wall studs with 2 inch drywall screws using an electric drill with a driver bit installed.
They want drywall on the existing studs but that moves into the poured wall section.
While you can certainly glue drywall to a concrete block wall there are significant disadvantages with this method of adhering it.
Drive three concrete nails spaced at even intervals through each side of each hat channel.