Construction adhesive PL 400 on concrete wall?

[Forward]

Hi!

My girlfriend wants to put up shiplap paneling on the wall in the kitchen to give it a "country" feel. That means from floor to ceiling. It looks something like this:


Now it doesn't seem like much fun to drill holes in the wall for each plank, as that would be quite a few holes in the wall... So I was thinking of using PL400 and gluing the panel to the wall. I've heard that it holds really well on concrete. But I also wanted to check here before I start putting them up on the wall. What do you think?

 

[ppalm]

Screw in some battens instead so you get a small air gap between the plaster/wood. Then nail the panel to the tongue into the screwed batten.
Wood against concrete is never good so don't forget sill paper under the batten.

 

[Springare]

Screw some battens instead, so you get a small air gap between the render/wood. Nail the panel into the studs in the screwed battens.
Wood against concrete is never good, so don't forget sill paper under the battens.

Why is wood against concrete not good indoors?

 

[Forward]

But is it needed indoors, even sill paper? With battens, the panel sticks out from the wall quite a bit? Maybe a dumb question, but what's wrong with wood against concrete indoors?

 

[Bror]

If it is a basement wall, I understand ppalms's point of view, but not otherwise. An adhesive that "grabs" might be preferable like Casco Superfix.