Do I use 2x6? 2x4?. ????????
Well I have been a carpenter all of my adult life and I am 76 now and retired. (tired to) To start with I would use a product called DRY-LOCK on your concrete walls, Next I would put a border of 1X4s top, bottom, and ends, installed useing toggle bolts with flat heads so you can counter-sink the head of the bolt 3/16 inch bolts is enough the length being determined by the thickness of the congrete block + 1/2 inch sheetrock + allow about 1 inch, My guess is about 3 1/2 to 4 inches long.Then put in your studs, useing 1X4s 16 inchs on center. The bolts only need to be about 36 inches apart. Make sure you measure correct and that you center your sheetrock at the end of each sheet. use 1inch or 1 1/8 inch drywall screws. your not going to support a house your only going to support the sheetrock, Don't forget to do your wireing? and they make elect. boxes for just that thickness. Have some in my basement, Unless your in a hurry, you can work as hard or as slow as you want, you have a cover over your head. Also I would plan on putting in a drop ceiling, it covers up a lot of overhead stuff, and gives your Electric wires a place to run. Good Luck
you put up a vapor barrier, plastic sheet with taped seams, first and then use DWC. Dry Wall Channel 16 inches on center. shot in with a ram set or hammer drilled with tap-cons. the ram set is less expensive. then put in rigid insulation. then drywall.
First we sealed the walls with a cementicious sealer to assure no moisture to seep through the walls and it helps with dampness if the basement is below grade. Then we studded the walls out with 2x4 and attached them to the concrete floor with a Tap-Con gun which are used for shooting nails into concrete. We also allowed a small gap between the concrete wall and the frame for ventilation. Then we were ready for wiring and sheet rock. Good Luck.
You would have to use 2x4 as drywall nails and screws are 1-5/8 long and would hit concrete if thinner material was used. Also if you have concrete walls use a load nailer with liquid nail to attach the lathe to your wall on 16 centers. If it is concrete block walls use a masonry drill with a 1/4 bit and 2 12 penny nails and liquid nails to fasten your lathe.
We used 2x4 and framed out the walls and the corners, put insulation between the 2x4's, be sure to put wood between the studs so you will have a center 2x4 between the studs to screw the drywall too, we used lag bolts to ram into the concrete to hold the studs up, time consuming as you have to counter sink the lag bolts. Good Luck
