Equip yourself with a tape measure and spread it cross the bottom of the wall your about to furr out.
How to fur out a concrete wall.
Cut away the ceiling sheathing or drywall if present to reveal the ceiling from the concrete wall back to the next joist.
Personally i use tapcon brand screws to hold the strips.
Using a hammer drill drill holes using the correct diameter carbide tipped masonry bit for the concrete screw diameter in use.
Tapcon concrete screw installation.
With a pencil or a.
Cut 2 by 4 blocks to fit between.
With a pencil or a marker draw vertically lines from.
Mark the wall for vertical furring strips installed 16 inch on center.
Using the level plumb down the wall and draw a line for reference.
Drive the screws into the holes with a standard drill and continue until all studs are firmly in place.
Now repeat this process at the top of the wall.
Measure the wall stud height in three or four spots and cut the studs to the shortest dimension using a portable circular saw.
Use chalk to draw the lines and a straight edge as a guide.
Pre drill the holes in the furring strips so they do not crack when.
I recommend a decent corded hammer drill if this is a.
These markings will indicate where you will vertically attach your.
Align each stud with the 16 inch on center marks made earlier.
Clear the holes of all debris.
Assemble the wall frame on the floor by placing the studs between the top and bottom plates.
Mark the cinder block wall every 16 inches vertically and then every 16 inches horizontally to form a grid pattern.
Step 2 place the first furring strip over a vertical line.
Determine spacing and location of furring strips.
Measure the span between the joists.