Raising, steadying and attaching the walls single-handed turned out to be impossible. My thanks to Neil Essy, Toby Kohlenberg and of course to Tiel for their help.
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| Temporary Bracing |
The steel-framed walls were attached to the floor with 1-1/2" Ramset nails and a hammer-operated powder-actuated Ramset driver. #2 powder charges did not drive the nail in far enough. #5 charges over-penetrated and split the flooring in tests. The same #4 charges used to attach channel to concrete worked perfectly.
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| Fastening Wall to Floor - Detail |
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| Fastening Wall to Floor |
The walls were connected to each other in two ways.
- The sheathing on the North and South walls extends 4-1/2" past the last studs. The plywood is screwed to the end studs on the East and West walls
- The end studs on the East and West walls were screwed to the end studs on the North and South walls
East, South and West Walls
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| North Wall - Interior View |
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| North Wall - Exterior View |
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| Connection Between North and East Wall |
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