Floating Basement Walls
The floating slab is created by placing a rigid object such as a 1x6 board against the wall before the slab floor is poured.
Floating basement walls. Lift your wall and rest it on the pressure treated plate use clamps or have someone help hold the wall up while you drill holes every 24 drill your holes. The floating wall construction therefore is a practical and elegant solution to what could be at best an inconvenience and at worst a devastating and costly problem. Make sure that all the curves are. Floating walls are designed so that the basement floor or the concrete floor can move a little bit without moving the wall.
After the concrete floor sets the board is removed a clean even gap is. This kind of damage should be repaired before any new basement flooring is installed. The block is nothing more than a 2 x 6 or fire rated drywall turned flat and attached to the bottom of the first floor joists. It might raise the overall cost of your project a little but the peace of mind knowing that if a fire occurs in the basement wall you and your family will have ample time to exit the house.
Make sure you have enough room to tip. Many basement flooring materials like paint epoxy tile and rubber flooring for example can go down directly over the basement s original poured concrete floor as long as the concrete is in good condition. Again place each stud 16 inches from centre and secure the top and bottom plate. They are not load bearing.
You can allow the floor to move a little bit up and down without damaging the rest of the house. In this video i show my method for how to install baseboard trim to meet flush with dry on. Basement walls are only structural in the sense that they keep the drywall and trim in place. A video of how i installed floating walls for a finished basement.
Check each stud for curves called the crown and mark each curve with an x. Overview of the construction of floating walls in a basement a few additional framing and fire blocking details.