How to Finish a Basement: Step-by-Step Pictures and Instructions: Framing Partition Walls

By Travis Larson
Read an overview on how to frame a basement and install insulation.
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3. Assemble the wall. Use 81-in. trimmers and a single flat 2x4 header over doors. Then measure, cut and nail in header cripples. Finish cutting out bottom plates in door openings with a handsaw.

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Partially cut through the underside of the bottom plate at the edges of the door rough opening to make removal easier later on.

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By bill, 10/01/2009, 10:03 PM EDT
How did you fasten the 2x's to the floor?
By rmitchell85@msn.com, 09/21/2009, 11:45 PM EDT
You give a lot of good information on framing a "normal" or standard basement, BUT how does one install "floating walls", as required in many areas in Colorado??

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