How To Attach Drywall To Hat Channel

Hat Channel is technically known as a 78 Drywall Furring Channel.

How to attach drywall to hat channel. Hat channels come in many different sizes depending on what a person needs with soundproofing. Note Install ceiling drywall. For our purposes we want.

Use acoustical caulk around the entire perimeter of each wall. In drop ceiling applications furring channels can be. Install the drywall vertically from the bottom up leaving a 14 thick gap around perimeter of wall to be filled with acoustical caulk.

Drywall Screws Going Into Both Resilient Channel Flanges. This needs to be inspected after every sheet of drywall. The screw leg should be below the flat where the drywall is attached to decrease sagging.

Attach drywall to channel following local building codes. APPLY WHISPER CLIPS Measure for placement of Whisper Clips using layout guidelines listed above. Hat Channels are installed horizontal to the floor.

Have a friend hold the drywall in place and then screw it into the hat channels with an electric screw gun. Place shims on floor in front of base plate Figure 32. Secure the hat channel with two 716 framing screws.

In drop ceiling applications furring channels can be attached directly to 1-12 cold rolled channels using Metal Furring Channel Clips or tie wire. In concrete wall applications furring channel is installed vertically to the wall surface using concrete nails or power-driven fasteners. Then mount steel Furing Channels vertically through the XPS into the Foundation Wall with Ramset Power Actuated Gun.