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

By Travis Larson
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1. Mark both sides of partition walls with chalk lines, then center and nail 2x6 backer boards in walls that they join.

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How did you fasten the 2x's to the floor?

By bill, on 10/01/2009
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??

By rmitchell85@msn.com, on 09/21/2009

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