Hello,
I live in a brick house from 1970, two floors and a basement. The house is heated with direct electric heating, but we are now planning to drill for geothermal heating and install radiators. In the basement, all the outer walls are framed with wooden studs, insulation, plastic sheeting, and masonite/chipboard. The studs seem to be placed directly against the concrete walls. No clear signs of moisture damage (inspected walls via borehole). The floor is a Platon mat with laminate directly on top. No clear smell of moisture, but you can feel that you are in a basement, if you know what I mean. Drainage was carried out in 1992 by the previous owner.
Should we tear out all the framed walls and just have raw concrete walls?
If so, should this be done before the pipework and installation of radiators? If the framed walls remain and are removed in the future, the pipes/radiators will end up 5cm outside the concrete wall.
How much heat gain do insulated walls in the basement provide?
Grateful for advice.
