Instructions / Assembly

ManualsBrandsDRICORE ManualsBuilding materialsSMARTWALL 4 in. x 2 ft. x 8 ft. All-in-One Wall Panel with Light Switch Box

DRI8DG: SMARTWALL

Detailed Installation

Faster, More Convenient and Better Results. DRICORE SMARTWALL®

PATENTED MODULAR WALL SYSTEM

If you ﬁnd the ﬁller is a little too “stiff”, you can add

some water and stir it in until the ﬁller is the

consistency you need. The ﬁller should not be so

creamy that it slumps, but not so stiff that it is

tough to trowel into place or to feather out on the

ﬁnal coat.

NOTE: DRICORE SMARTWALL Patch Pro has an

illumination agent mixed in to it that will glow

when exposed to a black light. If your basement

application will utilize black lights for any reason,

you will see the seams glow from exposure to the

lights, even through 2 coats of paint. This is not a

defect, it is designed to do this for the purpose if

identifying that the correct ﬁller was used in the

event of cracked seams.

Hanging items on your DRICORE

SMARTWALL system:

Your DRICORE SMARTWALL system has two

structural OSB members in each panel, one at each

edge. It is recommended that where possible you

always screw into the “tongue” portion of the

structural member. The tongue portion is the

member on the right hand side of the panel when

the panel is in the upright position and you are

looking at the drywall surface. The system can

support up to 70lbs hanging on it provided you are

securely fastened to the OSB members. These

members will be located every 23” O.C throughout

your wall system, BUT not always in a corner. In a

corner situation, such as hanging a cabinet, you will

need to screw the corner part of the cabinet into

the perpendicular wall and the OSB member

located at the start of that wall will be the Groove

member. Always use caution to ensure your screw

is penetrating the full part of the OSB member, not

into the grooved area (3/4” in from the edge).

Protecting EPS Foam:

The National Building Code requires that any EPS

Foam be protected by a Thermal Barrier, of which

½” Drywall is an accepted Thermal Barrier. Please

ensure that with-in your installation, if the back side

of any DRICORE SMARTWALL panel is exposed,

such as in a utility closet or wall around a staircase

etc. that you cover the exposed foam surface on

the backside of the DRICORE SMARTWALL panel

with ½” drywall. You should screw this drywall

barrier in place by screwing through the foam and

into the OSB structural members with 4” drywall

screws, available at your local Gypsum Supply

Dealer. You are not required to tape and ﬁll this

drywall barrier, BUT keep your joints tight.

Installation of Electrical Wiring:

Once your wall system is completely installed, you

can install your wiring rough in. This MUST be done

BEFORE you proceed with the Vapour Barrier tie

in, since you or your electrician will need to feed

the wiring into the DRICORE SMARTWALL panels

via the two vertical channels within each DRICORE

SMARTWALL panel. It may be necessary to use a

ﬁsh tape to pull the wires through the horizontal

channels between the boxes, but if you leveled

your cleats the wires should go through the wire

channels without problems.

Clamping the wires:

The DRICORE SMARTWALL system uses a

traditional ﬂush mount electrical box and therefore

when the wires enter the box they must be

clamped to ensure they cannot be accidentally

pulled out. Use ONLY metal clamps such as Iberville

C14040 (see photo) or equivalent. This clamp also

acts as a bushing to protect the protective coating

on the wires from rubbing on the raw metal edge

of the box knock outs.

Traditionally these clamps are

installed on the outside of the

box, but since you will not be

able to access the outside of the

box, you can install them on the

inside of the box. The box itself

Clamping the wires (cont):

Is speciﬁcally an 18.8 cu.in. box to allow room within

the box for up to 4 clamps.

We recommend leaving a minimum of 7” of wire

length inside the box.

NOTE CAREFULLY: If you are doing your own

wiring and calling for your own permit, then you

can install the wiring as you install the panels, which

makes the wiring between panels much easier.

However, if you are having an electrician do the

electrical work, you cannot install the wiring as you

go. The electrician must place the wires in the

panels, so he will do that once all the panels are

installed.

Finishing your DRICORE SMARTWALL

seams:

Your wall system is now completely installed and

you are ready to finish the seams between each

panel. Using only the DRICORESMARTWALL Patch

Pro, use a 2” trowel and force the filler into the

micro bevel between the panels. Do this from

bottom to top, working quickly and removing any

excess as you go. Once the seam if completely

filled, take a wider 6” trowel, wet it, and start from

the bottom and while exerting some pressure on

the blade of the trowel, and keeping the trowel at

roughly a 45 degree angle, drag it up the surface of

the drywall to the top of the seam. Remove any

excess filler o the trowel blade, and repeat this

process in the next seam. Do one seam at a time.

By the time you have worked your way around a

normal size basement, you will be able to do the

second coat. Do not sand between coats, simply

use the drywall trowel to knock o any high spots

or debris from the first fill, and then repeat the fill

process. Two fill coats is all that should be required.

Once the filler has fully cured, usually overnight,

then sand very lightly and you are ready for your

finish paint. It is common after the first coat of

paint that you will spot defective areas you didn’t

notice with just the filler in them. Simply repair as

needed, repaint these areas only, and once

everything has one coat of paint, apply your

second finish coat.