How to Frame a Basement YOURSELF

How to Frame a Basement YOURSELF | Complete Guide

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If you are considering framing your own basement, this will teach you how to diy frame your basement.
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@ZalexMusic 11 ай бұрын

This was great. You really focused on the "why" of all of these parts, which so many videos fail to do. Super helpful for someone like me who has an organic interest but no training (and surprisingly poor intuition) in building stuff.

@Greatday68 8 ай бұрын

I've done several of these and I always mount the top plate to the joist first, then build the walls on the floor and slide them in, I find that while still tight, you're not fighting with the wall in that angle that makes it just a little taller and much tighter until it's at it 90 degree.

@dawncramer3061 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining how to do a door frame and what the rough opening measurement is. I have been searching and couldn't find it. Plus, this was easy to understand.

@tylerschiff4199 4 ай бұрын

I love the clamps on the header ! Genius

@handyrob3292 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Can't wait to see the finished product. It always seems like it's going to be so much easier to build the wall on the ground and stand it up until you build the first one and it doesn't fit. 🙂 I have succumbed to that temptation more than once.

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it! I couldn’t agree more!

@andrewf8486 7 ай бұрын

@@theweekendbuilderyou refer to the walls as being load bearing, but in a basement the load is supported by the walls and beam. You framed it like it was a normal wall above grad nothing wrong with it, but you don’t need to double up the top plate or build headers above the doors that is overkill.

@dw1384 3 ай бұрын

you’re such a phenomenal teacher. i’ve learned so much in this short video. you really packed lots of knowledge in such a short time. thank you so much!!!

@BScott-hi2hc Жыл бұрын

Great video buddy. I'm currently about to get into this project and getting all the tips to help my build go better. God bless.

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@mrcyr5685 5 ай бұрын

As im learning to do all this myself HOPEFULLY This year while building my 1st small home, i appreciate you and this video and hopefully if u have more like others i can learn and grow from, Thank You Thank You Josh A. Cyr (From Maine)

@tfortin98 4 ай бұрын

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@davidcasalaspro77 3 ай бұрын

Súper cool thanks!!! This really encouraged me to get on the go of framing my own basement I will follow this video a million times while doing it! Haha hello from Utah and thanks!!!

@wuduexpectt7585 Ай бұрын

Subscribed to your channel. Incredibly helpful. Thank you for linking helpful tools. Keep doing that please. Not a lot of channels I've viewed does that little extra effort. Cheers!

@MsDonkstar 10 ай бұрын

Load the nail first then the .22 round in the Ramset.

@Blake01025 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation!

@rancerobinzine723 Жыл бұрын

Great job explaining thanks

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@floruslubin5867 7 ай бұрын

Good job bro. Incredible video.

@theweekendbuilder 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@StuCheeks 9 ай бұрын

I'm so glad the header stayed in place at 9:14.

@Happyfeet3 8 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO 👍🏾

@theweekendbuilder 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dvinson 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@theweekendbuilder 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ramykoltaable Жыл бұрын

Great video for DIY 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@BoilersRock 11 ай бұрын

Starting just after 10:06, did you plumb the top and bottom plates to each other before putting the studs in place?

@RelaxedPuppy 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Do you have a link for the nail gun you used?

@bjf5027 6 ай бұрын

Great video, but I have a question. When nailing the frame into the concrete, how far apart should your concrete nails be? And how many should you use? It looks like you just placed one nail dead center every couple of feet, but I can't tell. Thank you!

@davidlatte 8 ай бұрын

I think framing doors and windows with traditional headers is good practice but none of the partition walls are "load bearing" in an unfinished basement.

@randalcolucci6833 7 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@winestine 4 ай бұрын

Newbie here-that was my Q, why did one of the doors have a header and the one at the end not have one? Do they technically all not have to have one in the unfinished basement?

@maximusmaxwell100 5 ай бұрын

Is there a code for nail size on non-load bearing partition walls. Everything I read online says they need to be 3.25 inches length 16d (0.148 inches) diameter but the only framing nails for nail guns in the store are 3.25 inches length and 0.120.inch diameter. Am I missing something?

@potsy9973 8 ай бұрын

I framed my first of more partition walls. with one entrance door. It took in all about 11.50 hours. Its 7' 1/2" x 14'. Its for a sound and media focused room primarily so it has to have close nice tight tolerances. Which it does. Rockwool vapor barrier and caulking along each and every joint coming up next. I might also go with a more expensive drywall with additional acoustic properties. The framing aspect itself is easy af. No one should be intimidated with approaching roughing in their own wall/s. If your in need some go for it. I bet I can do a better job than the local neighborhood "handy man" hanging the drywall, too. Btw never let an un licensed contractor anywhere near your house.

@theweekendbuilder 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

@andrewolejarz5293 4 ай бұрын

When installing the header (9:20), why do you have 2 headers offset like that, one on top of the other? To me it looks like you wanted to shift the door to the right a bit. Or is that configuration better for strength? Thanks

@ethanning Жыл бұрын

You are the man! My empty unfinished basement is jealous it doesn’t have such a stud as an owner 😂

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

After watching this video, it will!

@tylermckim7246 Жыл бұрын

Dam boys calm down

@78town Жыл бұрын

What this video taught me is that I should NOT be doing this myself 😂

@user-tv7on7uh5h 11 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Elconthacto18 9 ай бұрын

💀🤣

@AtlantaFixers 9 ай бұрын

Agreed

@olivermartin2670 Жыл бұрын

Good video

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@InHisImage1161 7 ай бұрын

You can build your non load bearing walls a little short, set your top plate and shim between them. No need to fight it.

@theweekendbuilder 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@Mcjeebs 6 ай бұрын

This technique has saved me so many times. Just have your studs 1/4 inch shorter to allow you easily stand the wall up and then shim to header at the required distances

@glubboy08 6 күн бұрын

Does the wall go on concrete first and then subfloor? Or subfloor first and then wall? I keep seeing videos online with wall first but elsewhere online it says it’s better to put subfloor first? Thank you

@benjaminwendt3938 8 ай бұрын

Why are the headers built like that @2:22, I have never seen the 2x4s below the 2x10/12 header lumber--always the opposite??

@frankj5947 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Why call it a load bearing wall (new) if there was none before? Were metal posts carrying the load to the basement floor? If so no new wall needs to hold weight right?

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Great question! It originally had a large beam that carried the load but I needed to cut the beam for a doorway. So since I cut the beam about 75% of the way through, I had to support it. I did that by just making it a load bearing wall.

@JasonEllingsworth 7 ай бұрын

You consult an engineer on that? No judgement. But typically you gotta go through them when modifying a main beam. Main reason is there needs to be a footer poured under any load bearing walls. Many fail to do that.@@theweekendbuilder

@amiralik9510 10 ай бұрын

how much gap I have to make for 36" door ?

@JustJohnyDays Жыл бұрын

hi i am building a room in a warehouse but the warehouse ceiling is much higher than the actual room being built. so how would you construct the stud room ceiling as i see many videos making stud walls and attaching them to ceiling rafters but that wont be possible with my project , am basically building a cube box with a door.

@HomeGrownPyro1 11 ай бұрын

Just build the walls like he shows in the video attaching the floor plate to the concrete and once the walls are up you can build the ceiling framing the same way. Just when you measure be sure to include the width of your framing lumber and then just slide the ceiling sections up on top of the walls and attach with nails. Since it’s just a room inside of a warehouse you don’t have to worry too much because there is no load bearing walls. You are pretty much just framing a cube to attach drywall to

@SR-zj5sm 9 ай бұрын

How much does it cost per square feet?

@alexe9824 10 ай бұрын

you don't need a moisture barrier behind the studs where the concrete is?

@Mcjeebs 6 ай бұрын

After speaking to our town inspector, he clarified that most basements don’t require vapor barriers. However, where a basement wall is less the 80% buried by exterior soil (that number may fluctuate by state / country / local and national regulations), a vapor barrier is required. Part of my basement is completely underground and part of it above grade, so I’m going to have to use a vapor barrier partially around my basement.

@davidellis7238 6 ай бұрын

How can any of these walls be load-bearing if the house is already standing? Honest question.

@victorbravoe10 8 ай бұрын

Measurement for the door?

@stu3678 7 ай бұрын

Please, please. Replace that banana stud in the frost wall next to your door opening !

@relaxboy78 2 ай бұрын

How much for the material?

@colebohrer7405 6 ай бұрын

Those studs look so bowed

@pdogakron1623 11 ай бұрын

What size nails did you use to frame?

@theweekendbuilder 11 ай бұрын

There are different ones that you will need based on your framing nailer. Mine were 3” 21 degree framing nails

@SM-te2xw 9 ай бұрын

Great video. just one quick question how do you figure out if the wall is load bearing or not when you have no blueprint?

@grantfahlman1815 7 ай бұрын

In a basement there should be no load bearing walls. The load of the upper/main floor is all held up by the main beam & jack-posts that is put in when the home is built; which means there is absolutely no need for double plates.

@davidh4921 6 ай бұрын

if you already have current framed walls in the basement that the builder did then they may be load bearing. You can look at the top of the wall and see if any joists are resting on them.

@brendanadams9125 5 ай бұрын

Sliding in the top as opposed to bottom first will be easier

@dalexeev Жыл бұрын

great.

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@user-my8xv2lt2w 3 ай бұрын

👌👍

@joeschmoe76 7 ай бұрын

Those studs are so bowed lol

@Steve-yg5dq Жыл бұрын

Why not just increase the stud length instead of use a double top plate?

@jnicemiz Жыл бұрын

I think he has higher ceilings so the 8' stud length isn't long enough.

@theweekendbuilder Жыл бұрын

Great question! I have 9’ ceilings so the studs I needed were 104 5/8ths. It would cost a lot more to buy ten foot studs and cut them down and it would add a lot of work.

@aavronestep9031 Жыл бұрын

The other reason to have the double top plate is for nailing sheetrock.

@Propterquia 11 ай бұрын

Hi! @@aavronestep9031 could you elabore a bit more, In what way does the regular process of hanging the drywall changes?

@Cricketworld307 3 ай бұрын

I was told to paint DRYLOK on basement walls before framing.

@sportsshooter2940 Жыл бұрын

Watch your hands and fingers bro. Grab further down the stud... I was tight there a few times 😂😂😂😂

@jerrold3685 8 ай бұрын

Ok, now why are you adding a load bearing header on an interior wall? The basement, as it was without interior walls, didn't need one?

@theweekendbuilder 8 ай бұрын

My basement had quite a few stud walls and that particular wall was load bearing so I had to add one!

@wickedgreen4136 8 ай бұрын

Your basement walls are the load bearing walls. All the extra headers and studs are completely overkill.

@slo232000 9 ай бұрын

i would never install basement walls directly against the concrete, there should be an air gap and space for concrete to be able to breathe and you don't want moisture to be drawn into the stud walls from concrete if there is any moisture present being absorbed through the foundation walls when wet outside.

@andrewf8486 7 ай бұрын

Treated wood should be used on the sill plate directly against the floor, or a membrane should be used. No air gap. If you have water issues you should not finish your basement until you get it dry. What do you think is going to happen when you put drywall in a damp basement? Regardless if you have a gap or not that dry wall will get mold.

@FikretCekic 6 ай бұрын

@andrewf8486 I'm building a garage 16x16 on a concrete slab...will pressure treated wood be fine or what's your recommendation? Thanks!

@JohnnyUtah9173 6 ай бұрын

@@FikretCekicbase plate should be pressure treated with gasket between wood and concrete. Double protection.

@lunam7249 6 ай бұрын

omg your so correct!!always have an air gap , concrete absorbs moisture

@slo232000 6 ай бұрын

@@andrewf8486 my original comment was with respect to framed walls resting against concrete foundation walls. They shouldn't be installed directly against the concrete but provide an air gap. Concrete is porous and moisture can and will penetrate foundation walls and try to come inside without walls being sealed out. You don't want wood framed walls absorbing moisture from the concrete and it will happen over time. Air gap will always help. I completely understand and get installation against the concrete floor.

@GuvNick1 6 ай бұрын

Again with the 15 1/4 second stud measurement. I still don’t get it.

@hlneira 11 ай бұрын

Ppl dont understand that framing basements it is extrmely hard to prebuild your walls on the floors, it is not always available and it is awlays annoying, upper plate, lower plate and just do your damn studs

@theweekendbuilder 11 ай бұрын

So true! Framing in place is the superior rout for a basement