Abstract: A wall-supporting device for use in construction of a building to prevent water located on a floor surface from absorbing into a building material forming a vertical wall surface by separating the building material a distance from the floor. The wall-supporting device is placed along a lower portion of a wall so that a lower surface of the wall-supporting device abuts an upper floor surface. The wall-supporting device secures to a portion of a wall, for example, wall studs, and includes an engagement surface located a distance above the upper floor surface that abuts a lower edge of the material.