# How to Anchor Interior Walls to Concrete Slabs
Anchoring an interior wall on a concrete slab presents a unique challenge for the do-it-yourself homeowner. When building a house on a slab foundation, the exterior walls are secured with special anchor bolts that are installed at the time the foundation is poured. Since great care is taken with foundation layout and form building, these anchors can be placed accurately using the edges of the foundation as a guide. For a number of reasons, this method is impractical for interior walls. Two simple, popular methods are used to anchor interior walls.
Things You'll Need
- Level
- Framing square
- Concrete nails
- Framing hammer
- Hammer drive tool
- Powder drive cartridges
Instructions
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Manual
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1
Position the wall’s head and foot plates in their desired locations.
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2
Plumb and square the wall using a level and a framing square.
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3
Center a concrete nail on the footer in the gap between each stud. Drive each nail through the footer plate, into the concrete slab using a framing hammer.
Power Driver
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4
Position, square and plumb the wall.
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5
Place a powder cartridge in the power driver.
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6
Insert a concrete nail into the driver’s nail channel.
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7
Hold the power driver perpendicular to the floor, centered between two studs on the foot plate, and strike the power driver’s head with a framing hammer to ignite the powder cartridge, and drive the nail through the plate and into the concrete.
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Repeat Steps 2 though 4 to place a nail in the gap between each stud.
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