Protect your ears with earplugs and your eyes with safety goggles.
How to connect stud to concrete wall.
Place the two by four in its desired location.
Insert a 3 8 inch masonry drill bit into a hammer drill.
Place a piece of tape on the shaft of the drill bit 1 1 2 inches or more up from the tip of the.
When you buy the screws you ll also need to get a special bit that makes a pilot hole matched to the fastener.
Consult your building plans and snap a chalk line to outline the area for the stud wall with pair of lines parallel.
Push a drive pin into the barrel of the powder activated tool.
To use it load a special gun nail and a 22 caliber gun shell into the barrel.
Drill at least 1 4 inch deeper into the concrete than the fastener s embedment and suck dust out of the hole with a shop vac.
Mark the location for the anchor.
A metal track looks similar to a metal stud.
Press the nose against the workpiece pull the trigger and the shell will drive the fastener directly into the concrete.
How to anchor a two by four to concrete.
The fastest and easiest way to attach most wood parts to concrete is to use a powder actuated gun.
Masonry screws are an easy solution to concrete fastening chores.
Continue drilling into the concrete foundation until the hole is 8 inches deep.
But the open sides on a metal track are straight while the open sides on a stud bend inward at the top.
Step 3 lay the metal track flat on the concrete floor with the flat side down.