I'm going to install a drywall on steel studs in the basement. I've had plastic film taped to the floor for 2 months now without any signs of condensation, so I assume there isn't much moisture. There's a Platon mat on the exterior.
However, I still want ventilation behind the wall. How do you do this with steel studs? Do you mount the drywall, drill holes through the whole package, and install ventilated baseboards?
There is also a vent in the exterior wall where I plan to build the drywall. I was thinking of creating a passthrough to the drywall but choosing a pipe size that doesn't completely fill the hole in the baseboard. This would also allow air intake to the space between the exterior wall and the drywall.
The floor will have blue Platon and then a not too costly parquet.
However, I still want ventilation behind the wall. How do you do this with steel studs? Do you mount the drywall, drill holes through the whole package, and install ventilated baseboards?
There is also a vent in the exterior wall where I plan to build the drywall. I was thinking of creating a passthrough to the drywall but choosing a pipe size that doesn't completely fill the hole in the baseboard. This would also allow air intake to the space between the exterior wall and the drywall.
The floor will have blue Platon and then a not too costly parquet.
...and according to Platon's assembly instructions, it is important to seal the angles between the floor/walls. This means that I cannot ventilate the space behind the drywall through the baseboard. Since it's just one wall, maybe I can leave a few centimeters between the outer wall and the steel studs, and arrange the ventilation at the sides of the wall with a molding. The connection to the other, existing walls won't be 100% airtight anyway, since they are very roughly plastered. I might not win any awards for the most aesthetically pleasing solution, but on the other hand, it is a basement.
Have you made any progress with this? I'm in the same situation but don't really understand how I should get air through the ventilating baseboard through the OSB/gypsum/insulation for the air to reach the air gap between the basement wall and the insulation.
Curious about how you proceeded.
Curious about how you proceeded.
I kept the existing walls on three sides and only plastered one wall, which was terribly ugly. Since the plaster/steel studs then connect to a rather uneven wall, there was automatically an air gap on the sides of the wall, from floor to ceiling. Initially, I thought of tidying it up with a trim on each side, but after wallpapering, you (I) don't notice it. The only problem is that there's a bit too much air gap, so at times it gets a little cold on the floor. Part of that problem is because the heating is handled by an old radiator, which is mounted a bit up on the wall, on an interior wall. So, it doesn't break the cold draft at all. I'm considering some kind of heater fan to push the heat down and create circulation. I've been using the room for six months now and I'm very satisfied, no musty basement smell anywhere. OSB in the basement seems a bit risky to me. Here's a little picture attached so you can see how it turned out.
