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Ad-Nauseam91 OP t1_iy9nfa1 wrote

Reply to comment by imoutohere in Plan to frame part of basement and have a few questions by Ad-Nauseam91

Thanks for starting it off! Do you do a vapor type wrap on the back side of the studs to help hold in the insulation?

In regards to painting floor, what’s the purpose? Looks? Or also ceiling moisture?

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Professional-Buy579 t1_iyasgsd wrote

I live in MN and here they give us 2 choices: 1) frame the wall 1" from the concrete. Put a vapor barrier on the concrete side and slice a small " smile" in the vapor barrier on the concrete side. Insulate the framing and then put a real vapor barrier on the room side and drywall it. The " smile" allows any vapor that infiltrates the insulation to evaporate. The concrete side barrier allows a gap between the framing and the concrete so that any moisture evaporates from there. 2) frame the wall 0.5 to 1" in front the concrete and spray foam it at least 2" thick. Both vapor barrier and insulation. I got this info from the inspector when I finished my basement. I did the first way. Spray foam is nice but too expensive

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goss_bractor t1_iya629f wrote

You could vapour wrap it, or just run string that's stapled, or use 3mm ply, stainless steel cable, garbage bags, there's tons of options. Wrap will be the easiest though.

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