Hello
I have a basement room that occasionally gets moisture penetration on one wall. It becomes wet from the wall down to the floor. All the other walls are drained and insulated from the outside, but since the garage is built against this short side, it was not possible to dig new drainage there completely. Everything inside today is just masonry, no wall cladding or plaster. It is only used for storage today with 2 air intake vents in each wall.
To be able to use this space a bit more, I'm thinking of laying Platon on the floor and up the wall to build further. Can the bottom track for the steel studs be placed ON Platon and built like this sketch? It would mean screwing it through the Platon into the slab.
I have a basement room that occasionally gets moisture penetration on one wall. It becomes wet from the wall down to the floor. All the other walls are drained and insulated from the outside, but since the garage is built against this short side, it was not possible to dig new drainage there completely. Everything inside today is just masonry, no wall cladding or plaster. It is only used for storage today with 2 air intake vents in each wall.
To be able to use this space a bit more, I'm thinking of laying Platon on the floor and up the wall to build further. Can the bottom track for the steel studs be placed ON Platon and built like this sketch? It would mean screwing it through the Platon into the slab.
Why build a wall inside the outer wall? Let the existing wall be the surface and paint with something that allows moisture to pass through. You can have Platon under the laminate floor with ventilated baseboards, but if you have space, I would install a Granab floor instead, which makes the floor warmer.
Yes, one option is to plaster the wall. It's just "sloppily" built with hollow blocks today.
But saw in some picture in Plato's instructions where it was under the wall?
If it's so humid that the wall gets wet, that's not a good idea. The plasterboard will mold in the space behind. If it can't be solved with drainage, you'll just have to accept the situation and make the best of it. That means not enclosing the wall but leaving it exposed so the moisture can be aired out. And invest in good ventilation.