Instructions / Assembly

DRI8DG: SMARTWALL
®
Detailed Installation
Faster, More Convenient and Better Results. DRI8DG: SMARTWALL
®
PATENTED MODULAR WALL SYSTEM
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Tools required:
• Safety glasses (if using power equipment)
• Safety shoes
• Good quality hand saw
• Two saw horses or stands
• Level and Tape Measure
• 2” and 6” Drywall Trowels
• Drill and screw driving bit
• Chalk line and plumb line
• 4” Hole saw (if needed)
• Scissors
Materials required:
• DRICORE SMARTWALL panels – make sure you
have the correct amount of each panel type;
light switch panels, wall plug panels and plain
panels#
• 2 x 2 lumber for top and bottom cleats.
• DRICORE SMARTWALL screw kit. Enough to do
your project.
• DRICORE SMARTWALL Patch Pro seam filler
• Electrical wire, plugs and switches, and plug and
switch cover plates
• Polyethylene for vapour barrier tie in if required
Warning: Risk of Electrical Shock, Fire
or Personal Injury
Once Installed and your wiring is run through your
DRICORE SMARTWALL system there is risk of
electrical shock, fire or personal injury if your
DRICORE SMARTWALL system is altered while the
electrical circuits are powered.
Please take the following precautions:
• In the event of needing to remove one or more
of the DRICORE S
MARTWALL panels after the
initial installation you MUST disconnect the
power to the circuit feeding that wall section,
and remove the wiring BEFORE removing the
DRICORE SMARTWALL panel(s).
• Only use NMD90 rated wire or greater rated
sheathed cable as specified in your jurisdictions
electrical code.
Important Safety Instructions
• The DRICORE SMARTWALL system is rated for
15amp and 20amp circuits.
• The intended operational voltage of the DRICORE
SMARTWALL system is 120Vac.
• As with any wall, potentially there is wiring within
it and penetrating the wall surface with screws
longer than 2 ¼” poses a risk of electrical shock
and fire. Your DRICORE SMARTWALL system will
have wire c hannels running horizontally at 17”,
49” and 80.5” from the floor. Always avoid these
“dimensional” areas by 1” top side and 1” bottom
side when installing long screws, such as those
used to hang a Flat Screen T.V., or other heavy
object. Also, be aware of where the circuit wire
enters the DRICORE SMARTWALL system on the
wall you are putting screws into, and do not
penetrate that vertical feed channel with the
circuit feed wire in it with your screws.
• Do not install more than 12 outlets on any single
circuit.
• Do not remove or re-install any DRICORE
SMARTWALL Panel until all power to that panel is
discon-nected and the wiring removed.
S
a
ve These Instructions
We r
ecommend t
aping these instructions inside a
closet area or to the back of an exposed wall panel
section where they are easily accessible.
Before you begin:
The DRICORE SMARTWALL system you have
purchased has several unique conveniences built
into the panel design. The first of these are the
integrated wire channels, of which there are 2
vertical and 3 horizontal in every panel. It is
important when cutting your DRICORE
SMARTWALL panels to your basement height you
NEVER cut from the bottom, always cut off at the
top. This is to ensure your electrical wire channels
will always line up.
The second convenience of your DRICORE
SMARTWALL system is the patented “Micro Bevel”
edge detail, which eliminates the traditional taping
stage of
finishing your drywall surface. The micro
bevel also means using much less filler to achieve
your finished surface, resulting in far less sanding
and therefore less dust created. It also speeds up
the process of the drywall finishing, reducing to a
single day what would normally be 3 to 4 days of
much more intense work. It is important to use
ONLY the DRICORE SMARTWALL Patch Pro for
seaming the micro bevels and inside corners seams.
It is specially formulated not to crack in normal use
applications.
When cutting the DRICORE SMARTWALL panels, a
good quality hand saw is all you will need. You are
cutting drywall and foam, plus the engineered OSB
structural members, and these will easily cut with a
handsaw. You can use a circular saw or table saw,
but doing so will create far more dust and debris,
and the blades of these power saws will not fully
penetrate the thickness of the wall panels, so you
will have to cut each panel twice, once from the
face side, and once from the back side. Cutting
with a handsaw is the preferred method.