Use a pry bar or your hammer claw to pull them out just like you would with nails.
Removing drywall from a concrete basement wall.
Carefully inspect the room for other vestiges of mold.
Vacuum the concrete floor using the machine s brush attachment.
Drywall screws are brittle so if some joker used 3 in.
That is if the studs are going to touch the concrete wall.
Mix dish soap and water in the small bucket 1 part soap to 5 parts water or as indicated on soap packaging.
Screws to install the drywall snap them off with your hammer.
Allow any dust you have kicked up to settle and replace the bag if you.
Put on a dust mask to protect yourself from the particles.
Tape a one foot by one foot square of plastic sheeting plastic kitchen wrap will do to the concrete wall in your basement with duct tape and leave it in place for 24 hours.
Most jurisdictions require a 4 mil plastic sheet vapor barrier for basement walls against concrete.
Then remove the tape.
Or you can leave a 4 inch gap between the studs and concrete wall and probably get away with it.
With this mixture scrub well in and around the damaged area.
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Scrub any sheetrock mud residue.
Finally disinfect with a bleach solution and ventilate the basement dry once again.
Clean mold off walls by scrubbing the area thoroughly with a bristle brush after about ten minutes to help to lift any residual mold out of the pores in the concrete.
Chip away the chunk of sheetrock mud from the floor using the plastic putty knife.
During a rainy season a crack in a basement wall can allow an inch or two of water in but before you seek to repair the crack remove all the water from the floor.
Then rinse with clean hot water and soak up the moisture with the wet dry vacuum cleaner.