What can you have on the walls in a basement?

[peter.linkan]

In the basement family room, we have concrete walls that are framed with paneling. It's from the 60s and needs to be removed.

We were thinking of plastering the walls, but we're considering alternatives. For example, can you install drywall, or what is acceptable for basements?

 

[BirgitS]

Directly against the walls, there should be something that withstands moisture, which plaster does not do. But if you want plaster, you can install steel studs and mount the plaster on them.

 

[yonna]

I installed sheets with steel studs and an air gap on the walls in my then 70-year-old 60 sqm old basement. Tiles on the floor without insulation. It became very nice and added significant value the day I later sold the house.

 

[peter.linkan]

Thanks! Plaster or stålreglar/air gap/gips then

 

[jonas_da]

Posters of 80s models, dartboard and the shield with swimming badges you earned during summers as a youth. More questions? 😉

 

[peter.linkan]

Posters of 80s models, dartboard, and the shield with swimming badges you earned during the summers when you were young. More questions? 😉

It will come in the next step

 

[peter.linkan]

I've received tips about Ardez A46. It's supposed to have the same form as spakel, meaning you can fix it yourself and don't need to hire someone to smooth a flat surface. But I'm unsure if it works for entire walls or if it's just for repair.

https://www.flisby.se/produkter/ard...obfFF1PYT8zifoV3kpr0wu0ODu-sfShYaAv_BEALw_wcB

 

[Harald Blåtumme]

We tore out all the studded interior walls in the basement due to mold problems. Sanded the walls with a wall sander, quite a job. Afterwards, the walls were plastered with repair mortar, painted with silicate paint after appropriate primer. Worked perfectly since then, over a decade so far.

I've understood that the reason for the studded basement walls was energy saving in the wake of the 70s energy crisis. It turned out not to be a good idea in the long run, moisture condensed on the relatively colder foundation wall and mold took hold in the organic materials (wood, gypsum) that were used.

Interestingly, there is hardly any noticeable increase in energy consumption to keep the basement warm after we tore out all that stuff.

 

[Höghus]

Fiber cement is completely insensitive to moisture. Put it in the basement and it was completely fine as a surface layer without treatment. If you think the gray color is boring, it's fine to paint it.

/Höghus