Insulate / Plaster / Paint my small workshop (e.g. rec room in a 1930s house)?

[zeltber]

My father has an entire career as a fine carpenter behind him, and I have promised him to take over his tools. As part of this, I am renovating an old furnished recreation room that we have had in our basement. It is a room with a fireplace that has been furnished with organic materials to retain heat more easily.

Now my plan is to install better lighting, tile the floor, and prepare the room so it can become a small workshop. But I don't know what to do with the walls. In a way, it was tasteful since the room had some insulation. But I have been recommended not to have organic materials in the basement and am now considering accepting that it will be a little colder and simply plastering the walls.

My question is whether there is any other modern material that is more suitable and provides some insulation? Is drywall on thin studs an option? Should I settle for painting the walls to avoid the risk of the plaster coming off as it has done now?

I am very grateful for your ideas .

 

[zeltber]

 

[zeltber]

Anyone have any tips, what I'm wondering is if it's possible to put up drywall studs? /David

 

[Fred vom Jupiter]

SPU isolation says that their boards can sometimes be placed directly against the wall. Might be worth checking out. Available at K Rauta.

 

[zeltber]

Thank you so much for your advice, I've just been in contact with fredells. I was informed that the SPU boards should primarily be attached with battens, but in some cases can be glued to the wall. However, this requires that the outer wall releases moisture, otherwise they will come loose.

I was advised to put up moisture-resistant drywall on galvanized studs, preferably with a ventilation opening at the top and bottom. It sounds reasonable, but I am keen to find another type of drywall that can handle slightly damp environments.

 

[eviljava]

Minerit boards are probably also an option. Insensitive to moisture and probably insulate just as well (or poorly) as wet room gypsum?

If it were my basement, I would probably plaster the walls and then insulate externally the day it becomes necessary to redo the drainage.

 

[zeltber]

Yes, it's actually starting to lean that way. The idea was possibly to be satisfied with plastering the outer wall where the plaster is so bad that I'm forced to knock down all the plaster. I thought it could be somewhat useful. To be honest, I don't think there would be any bigger problem with wood studs and plasterboard either, since it wasn't water damaged before.

The Minerit board seems a bit excessive in this context.

 

[Norrlandskusten]

Look at the Tetti boards.
Sandwich construction with some kind of foam plastic in the middle.
http://www.tetti.no/
(Available in Sweden, I think it's even through Höganäs)

 

[zeltber]

Do you have personal experience with tetti? Guess they still need to be regulated. What is the advantage compared to regular cellplast?

 

[Norrlandskusten]

Yes,
No, they were assembled with fix and dymlingar.
http://www.tetti.no/montering3.htm

It turned out to be a good and, above all, even surface to tile on. I wouldn't have wanted to prepare existing plastered lightweight concrete walls for tiling...

 

[zeltber]

It does look professional, although perhaps a bit too solid of a solution. I was only thinking of tiling the floor and painting the walls.

 

[zeltber]

I have now decided to redo the wall. Does anyone have any tips on a cheap and good wall paint?

 

[slacker]

Yes, No, they were assembled with adhesive and dowels. [link]

It became a good and, above all, even surface to tile on. Wouldn't have wanted to prepare existing plastered lightweight concrete walls for tiling..

Exciting - So you have built a bathroom on these? Definitely interesting since I haven't yet figured out HOW to redo the bathroom on the basement level. Today, gypsum on a wood stud directly against concrete, not at all keen on plastering and then tiling since I expect it will be just enough work to get the walls even enough for the tiles my wife wants.

Sorry for the thread-hijacking!