Choose a construction adhesive that is specifically designed for attaching wood to masonry walls such as brick.
How to prepate brick walls for sheet rock.
Also make sure to cover the floor under the wall with a tarp.
Mark chalk guidelines along the wall to help ensure your rows stay straight during installation.
The compound will act as an adhesive to hold the wall in place.
First you want to measure your wall in two horizontal and two vertical points.
Then i put a thin layer of rock hard putty bought at menards for about 9 over the bricks to make them more durable.
Start by measuring and cutting the first piece.
Smooth rub or wrinkle the plastic with your hand before removing from the wall to create different patterns.
The bricks were 1 4 to 1 2 inch raised from the wall.
Then begin laying out your brick pattern in 8 inch rows.
Prepping walls for thinset.
Apply a glaze to a wall then place a plastic sheet against the wall before it dries.
To hang drywall on a brick surface.
Thinset mortar is suitable for application over concrete masonry brick backerboard and gypsum wallboard.
It turns white when dry.
However these surfaces must be prepped before applying.
Press the stud against the wall along the floor as a base for the vertical furring.
The yellow parts are the putty not yet dry.
Add evenly spaced globs of drywall compound to the back of the drywall.