Your videos are by far the most informative I have found. My girlfriend and I just recently bought a house and we are looking to start working on our basement. Its not a huge project just under 600 square feet. I am 6'2 and the ceilings at his highest is about 6'9. It seems pretty straight forward unfortunately the house was built in 1940 so I have a bunch of low hanging duct work which I am sure I can reroute and move up closer to the ceiling. The furnace being centrally located as opposed to neatly tucked away in the corner. I guess the most overwhelming thing for me is coming up with a layout. I know what I would like included in the layout such as a living area, a closet to put the washer and dryer in perhaps a small office and possible a bedroom if it could all fit. Right now we have about enough to finish the framework all the way around. I don't know if I should just start framing the exterior walls following your guidelines or to wait till I come up with a plan? Do you have a video on design?
+Brian Crisp Inside the Basement Finishing University(BFU) there are hours of basement design videos to help you with your basement design ideas and floor plan! 1basement.com/Pro_Video_Product_Page_2.html Eddie
Purchased the basement finishing videos and have just completed my first half wall .. looks "Eddie-worthy!" .. Finishing up most of the framing and about to start in on the electric .. I'll post the completed video in the near future ... Thanks!!!!
+DTCigarFather You Maka-me proud! Keep up the progress and I'll see you at the finish line! Send me pics and videos and I'll post them for other DIY'ers to see. Eddie
It looked like you were using untreated wood against the floor there. Do you need to cut small PT wood pieces for the 2x6's to sit on or is it okay to lay them right on the concrete?
3:40 Hi Eddie. You say yellow loads(#4) is the most explosive. I always used #4 for shooting lumber to concrete. Actually never seen how to shoot lumber to steel, thanks. I've seen in a home depot red loads(#5) www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.27-cal-strip-shot-red-load-100-pack.1000492896.html , but never tried them. Are they more powerful or what's the difference? I also wondering about building a partition right under load-bearing steel beam. Should I shoot 2x4 or 2x6 board right to the bottom of the beam then nail the partition wall to the board, or just shoot the wall straight to steel beam? Can I use 2x4 for wrapping a coloumn which diameter is exactly 3.5"(and use 2x4 for framing the partition)?
+Janizary - Hi Janizary! For most models of the RamSet made by Remington, the Yellow #4 Load is the most powerful load you can put inside the device. There are a few models of the gun that will fire the Red #5 load which is more powerful but rarely used. The Yellow #4 Load with the 2.5" fasteners will do most any fastening that you need done in the basement. This works for fastening the bottom plates of all your walls to the concrete floor, Block- nailing wood to the concrete walls and will also attach your column framing lumber directly to the metal support columns just like I did in this video. You can also attach the top plate of any wall directly built under the steel beam with this setup as well...the fasteners will not go directly 100% through the steel beam but will bite hard enough that the wall will never move! Just make sure that you ALWAYS WEAR YOUR APPROVED SAFETY EYE-WEAR PROTECTION WHEN OPERATING THESE TOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN NOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! Eddie
Thanks Eddie, I find your videos and comments extremely informative and comprehensive. One of the best on youtube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I's going to finish my basement, I have general idea of everything, but I need to know all details to do my job properly. This is what I take from your videos. Btw I always wear safety glasses while shooting, but also I always always use ear-protection, because if I don't, this sound hit my ears like a sledgehammer and it really hurts. Cheers.
Ive shot the red cartridges (stronger than yellow) straight through the bottom flange of an I beam, into stud. Those things are beasts. The guy holding the stud said, "no way that's going through!"
hi- I love your videos, thank you! Question- would i still use 2x6's to frame the pole if my half wall was made with 2x4's? I'm not sure how i woulld wrap the pole with the 2x4's-? thank you !!
Hello Remi! Yes if your column is 3.5" or less wide you can use 2" x 4"'s to hide the pole and build the half wall. You can also simply hide the pole with 2" x 6"'s 1st...then build your 2" x 4" half wall and install it centered on the 2" x 6" wrapped column for a more "beefier" looking fatter pole-hiding setup. Thanks for watching! ~Eddie
What is a good/ normal height for a half-wall that a 16" piece of granite will lay on? I will be sitting on stools that will tuck under the granite when not in use.
I went the opposite direction. Can’t find any advice on my question. I’m de-dressing my Lilly column. The builder boxed my GARAGE support pole! Why!? Why would you want to give even LESS room between your cars? Turn a annoying 3” pole into a 7” box??? No need to dress up a pole in a freakin garage! So I cut it all off. 4 pieces of 2 x 6’s plus drywall. Now it’s a nice slender pole blocking less light, easier to park cars & open doors next to & bonus my wife dirty dances in the garage now! 😉
That was Tom...running his chops while we were filming, he also got his ass chewed out later when we were editing this video and realized he was so loud during filming. Thanks Tom! Eddie
Lol was thinking about the concrete fracturing inside but didnt think about the void and nail filling it. Basically adding to the integrity more or less then because there’d be more mass inside the thing. As long as you dont bonnie n clide the thing..
I've been learning a lot from your videos, one day I'd like to do my basement, but my walls are less than 8ft. I live in Lancaster, PA, do you know the minimum height the walls need to be to be within code?
Yes I do! You need no less than 7'-0" under the floor joists and 6'-6" under soffits(under ductwork framing). Thanks for watching Sean. We are in Lancaster right now right off the Oregon Pike. Eddie
Hi Pete!...Yes the owners went from 36" counter height to 42" counter height to make way for taller bar stools, so we just framed a 6" piece atop the original half wall. Eddie
Thanks for getting back to me so quick on a Sunday night. Under an hour I am impressed. I am on the fence about buying the videos, but this quick reaction time on your part is helping make the decision easier.
Hi Joe! That's another way to do this and arrive at the same exact result! It just proves that "there is more than one way to skin a cat"! Thanks for watching and commenting on this alternative method for framing this half-wall/column scenario! You must be a framer Joe...there is no other way you could have know that! Eddie
Hope you chewed out the joker who kept talking while you’re making a video. Either way great video. This is one of the last things I need to do in my basement.
Not sure what your talking about? Are you referring to the way I use my tape measure to measure for cut's? Could you elaborate your question a little more... Eddie
Basement Finishing Man Yes, the flexible metal measuring tape is bent (curved bend) to make measurements. At the bend, the curve gives a longer measurement than the real distance or length. This is a fact. So, why people in this profession keep doing what is wrong?
The bent tape measurement is extremely close to the desired cut length you will need to make. This is framing NOT finished carpentry where 16th's and 32nd marks are critical. This is "rough framing" and being with in an 1/8" or less is within tolerances for most any rough framing project. With a "bent tape" as you call it, you can easily be within a 16th or 1/8" correct on your measurements! Now with that said...the more you do this bent tape measuring the better you get at knowing the exact distance between two points. It's like anything else...practice makes perfect John! Eddie
They are actually hollow in the middle and have a solid outer steel casing that is approximately 3/16" thickness that the nail has to penetrate...which is still quite amazing! I did not mean that they were 3" thick solid steel Dan...sorry for the misinterpretation on my part... Eddie
Hello sir. Could you send me an email address so I can send you a pic of a pipe in my basement and see if you could tell me how to work around it? Thanks.
Your videos are by far the most informative I have found. My girlfriend and I just recently bought a house and we are looking to start working on our basement. Its not a huge project just under 600 square feet. I am 6'2 and the ceilings at his highest is about 6'9. It seems pretty straight forward unfortunately the house was built in 1940 so I have a bunch of low hanging duct work which I am sure I can reroute and move up closer to the ceiling. The furnace being centrally located as opposed to neatly tucked away in the corner. I guess the most overwhelming thing for me is coming up with a layout. I know what I would like included in the layout such as a living area, a closet to put the washer and dryer in perhaps a small office and possible a bedroom if it could all fit. Right now we have about enough to finish the framework all the way around. I don't know if I should just start framing the exterior walls following your guidelines or to wait till I come up with a plan? Do you have a video on design?
+Brian Crisp Inside the Basement Finishing University(BFU) there are hours of basement design videos to help you with your basement design ideas and floor plan! 1basement.com/Pro_Video_Product_Page_2.html
Eddie
Purchased the basement finishing videos and have just completed my first half wall .. looks "Eddie-worthy!" .. Finishing up most of the framing and about to start in on the electric .. I'll post the completed video in the near future ... Thanks!!!!
+DTCigarFather You Maka-me proud! Keep up the progress and I'll see you at the finish line! Send me pics and videos and I'll post them for other DIY'ers to see.
Eddie
No bs no blah blah!!
straight to the point! Good job!
Wish I had seen this a few months ago. It would have saved me a lot of work.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! ~Eddie
Thanks. That was very helpful. I had no idea that the Ramset was that powerful!
Yes Sir! This is a "must tool" for basement finishing projects. I love mine.
Eddie
Isn’t black the highest load? And you can just shoot another charge using the same nail to flush it in. Do it all the time with my Hilti dxa40
It is higher but this model gum is not designed to shoot any load higher than yellow safely... ~Eddie
I live in Lancaster! Thanks for the tutorial, I plan to finish the basement on my first house once I move in in April
Hey Lancaster! We have several finished basements down your way...really nice area! Good luck with your basement project!
Eddie
I like the way you flick the slide out. No ramset though, so im just gonna drill through the column and run a bolt through it.
It looked like you were using untreated wood against the floor there. Do you need to cut small PT wood pieces for the 2x6's to sit on or is it okay to lay them right on the concrete?
+Will Landymore No your ok if it just the very end of a piece of regular wood...but for wall plates only treated wood against the concrete.
Eddie
+BasementFinishingMan Thanks
Check your local codes because that is not okay in my area! Treated can be the only wood touching the concrete in any area below grade (basement).
Beautiful work brother. I've incorporated many of your videos into my basement design. Thank you!
+Rod Stemler Thanks Rod! Good luck with your project...if you have questions you can email them to me @ basementfinishing@live.com
3:40
Hi Eddie.
You say yellow loads(#4) is the most explosive. I always used #4 for shooting lumber to concrete. Actually never seen how to shoot lumber to steel, thanks. I've seen in a home depot red loads(#5) www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.27-cal-strip-shot-red-load-100-pack.1000492896.html , but never tried them. Are they more powerful or what's the difference?
I also wondering about building a partition right under load-bearing steel beam. Should I shoot 2x4 or 2x6 board right to the bottom of the beam then nail the partition wall to the board, or just shoot the wall straight to steel beam? Can I use 2x4 for wrapping a coloumn which diameter is exactly 3.5"(and use 2x4 for framing the partition)?
+Janizary - Hi Janizary! For most models of the RamSet made by Remington, the Yellow #4 Load is the most powerful load you can put inside the device. There are a few models of the gun that will fire the Red #5 load which is more powerful but rarely used.
The Yellow #4 Load with the 2.5" fasteners will do most any fastening that you need done in the basement. This works for fastening the bottom plates of all your walls to the concrete floor, Block- nailing wood to the concrete walls and will also attach your column framing lumber directly to the metal support columns just like I did in this video.
You can also attach the top plate of any wall directly built under the steel beam with this setup as well...the fasteners will not go directly 100% through the steel beam but will bite hard enough that the wall will never move! Just make sure that you ALWAYS WEAR YOUR APPROVED SAFETY EYE-WEAR PROTECTION WHEN OPERATING THESE TOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN NOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!
Eddie
Thanks Eddie, I find your videos and comments extremely informative and comprehensive. One of the best on youtube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I's going to finish my basement, I have general idea of everything, but I need to know all details to do my job properly. This is what I take from your videos.
Btw I always wear safety glasses while shooting, but also I always always use ear-protection, because if I don't, this sound hit my ears like a sledgehammer and it really hurts.
Cheers.
Your welcome! Good luck with your basement project my friend!
Eddie
Any thoughts on using PL to stick wood to the post?
do any of your videos have floating wall examples.
Ive shot the red cartridges (stronger than yellow) straight through the bottom flange of an I beam, into stud. Those things are beasts. The guy holding the stud said, "no way that's going through!"
Where are you in pa?
Great video! Question... if you have to float your walls when you frame a basement, do you have to float when you wrap beams as well?
No...You do not have to float any column framing.
Eddie
Base plate with PT 2x4s.....ramset suggest to use the ramguard 2.5 inch nails. Any thoughts on this?
hi- I love your videos, thank you! Question- would i still use 2x6's to frame the pole if my half wall was made with 2x4's? I'm not sure how i woulld wrap the pole with the 2x4's-? thank you !!
Hello Remi! Yes if your column is 3.5" or less wide you can use 2" x 4"'s to hide the pole and build the half wall. You can also simply hide the pole with 2" x 6"'s 1st...then build your 2" x 4" half wall and install it centered on the 2" x 6" wrapped column for a more "beefier" looking fatter pole-hiding setup.
Thanks for watching! ~Eddie
Reds are a hotter load than yellow, get a Ram Set disk gun and you can shoot 12 loads instead of one at a time
What is a good/ normal height for a half-wall that a 16" piece of granite will lay on? I will be sitting on stools that will tuck under the granite when not in use.
41" is what I make my half walls where I will be using standard height bar stools.
Eddie
Did you use 2X6's to build the half wall because of the width of the pole?
+swayze2699 No I did it because this wall was going to be supporting a 15" granite top later in the project and it needed some extra stability.
Eddie
Great video!!!
I went the opposite direction. Can’t find any advice on my question. I’m de-dressing my Lilly column. The builder boxed my GARAGE support pole! Why!? Why would you want to give even LESS room between your cars? Turn a annoying 3” pole into a 7” box??? No need to dress up a pole in a freakin garage! So I cut it all off. 4 pieces of 2 x 6’s plus drywall. Now it’s a nice slender pole blocking less light, easier to park cars & open doors next to & bonus my wife dirty dances in the garage now! 😉
Will this work if i'm wrapping the column in stone?
Yes...but you should apply concrete board over the wood column framing first before you set the stone.
Eddie
You rock boss. Love your vids.
To bad the guy who was in the corner feeding his face ran out of food and started talking. Lol
That was Tom...running his chops while we were filming, he also got his ass chewed out later when we were editing this video and realized he was so loud during filming. Thanks Tom!
Eddie
great job! I have 1 question, won't shooting into the pole reduce its structural integrity?
NO Not at all! The nail replaces the hole it makes so tightly that no load value is lost.
Eddie
Lol was thinking about the concrete fracturing inside but didnt think about the void and nail filling it. Basically adding to the integrity more or less then because there’d be more mass inside the thing. As long as you dont bonnie n clide the thing..
Does drilling into the pole weaken it?
No...it's a very small hole and does not effect the structural integrity of the support column.
Eddie
Red load is stronger than yellow load for ramset
We Appreciate you !!
I appreciate you too! Thanks for watching & for your uplifting comments!
I've been learning a lot from your videos, one day I'd like to do my basement, but my walls are less than 8ft. I live in Lancaster, PA, do you know the minimum height the walls need to be to be within code?
Yes I do! You need no less than 7'-0" under the floor joists and 6'-6" under soffits(under ductwork framing). Thanks for watching Sean. We are in Lancaster right now right off the Oregon Pike.
Eddie
Thank you! That's a nice area out that way.
If you call the area “finished storage”, it should pass inspection. But always check with your town inspector.
Was that half wall framed that way because the height was changed after the initial framing, or some other reason?
Hi Pete!...Yes the owners went from 36" counter height to 42" counter height to make way for taller bar stools, so we just framed a 6" piece atop the original half wall.
Eddie
Thanks. That makes perfect sense.
i am curious, why did u add a 6 inch height extension on top of the halfwall? Added strength for the counter top?
+Brian Kiro Yes to add some extra meat for the corbel supports we added later in the half wall project.
Eddie
Thanks for getting back to me so quick on a Sunday night. Under an hour I am impressed. I am on the fence about buying the videos, but this quick reaction time on your part is helping make the decision easier.
+Brian Kiro Your welcome Brian...I'm here for all my students 7 days a week for project related questions. Thanks for watching.
Eddie
Red more powerful than yellow on those 27 cal Ramset loads
Great video. Keep up the good work ..... that guy in the background talking though... hahaha
You should of had a 2x6 next to half wall full height floor to ceiling and half wall nailed to full stud
Hi Joe! That's another way to do this and arrive at the same exact result! It just proves that "there is more than one way to skin a cat"! Thanks for watching and commenting on this alternative method for framing this half-wall/column scenario! You must be a framer Joe...there is no other way you could have know that!
Eddie
was that a concrete filled column?
No Hollow steel. But it wouldn't matter these pins will penetrate concrete filled steel columns just as easily Michael.
Eddie
Shooting into the steel doesnt weaken the strength of the column?
+Eric Kutchey The nail replaces the hole it makes so tightly that no load value is lost.
@@danielmorgan2178 I sure...no issues, a 1000+ columns boxed and counting! No issues yet.
Use a red load and it will drive the pin
This particular model is not rated for red load...yellow is the max. for this model Chris. ~Eddie
Your from newfoundland eh by...
Great idea! But please put on a tool belt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay boss!
LOL
Hope you chewed out the joker who kept talking while you’re making a video. Either way great video. This is one of the last things I need to do in my basement.
Why do you use that way of measuring when its known to be inaccurate?
Not sure what your talking about? Are you referring to the way I use my tape measure to measure for cut's? Could you elaborate your question a little more...
Eddie
Basement Finishing Man Yes, the flexible metal measuring tape is bent (curved bend) to make measurements. At the bend, the curve gives a longer measurement than the real distance or length. This is a fact. So, why people in this profession keep doing what is wrong?
The bent tape measurement is extremely close to the desired cut length you will need to make. This is framing NOT finished carpentry where 16th's and 32nd marks are critical. This is "rough framing" and being with in an 1/8" or less is within tolerances for most any rough framing project. With a "bent tape" as you call it, you can easily be within a 16th or 1/8" correct on your measurements!
Now with that said...the more you do this bent tape measuring the better you get at knowing the exact distance between two points. It's like anything else...practice makes perfect John!
Eddie
Basement Finishing Man Thanks for your kind advice and clarifications! Interesting to hear your explanations.
Basement Finishing Man
It's not a solid piece of steel they are filled w concrete mate, nice framing job though
They are actually hollow in the middle and have a solid outer steel casing that is approximately 3/16" thickness that the nail has to penetrate...which is still quite amazing! I did not mean that they were 3" thick solid steel Dan...sorry for the misinterpretation on my part...
Eddie
Tell the homeowners wife her hubby goes to the bar way to often and take her home with you. Do a prenup. Dont sign a life insurance.
Hello sir. Could you send me an email address so I can send you a pic of a pipe in my basement and see if you could tell me how to work around it? Thanks.
All those tools and never touched the square...
Didn't need a square for what was done in this video Adam...? Where would you have used a square?
Eddie
I highly recommend NOT ramset into structural steel!!!
Reason?...