Advice for treating the inside of exterior walls in a block home (florida)

So I recently inherited a very run down block home in florida. I'm having to remove the old plaster walls in each room because the place is just filthy and was wondering how I could treat the exterior walls from the inside to prevent and moisture air or bugs from getting through. I was hoping I could just roll on some type of rubberized sealer or something like that but I don't know if the block needs to breathe to prevent worse moisture problems from arising or something like that. Also the drywall is attatched to .75in furring strips so im playlnning to add half inch foam board before the new drywall. Any insight would be appreciated submitted by /u/Physical-Engineer-51 [link] [comments]

Apr 9, 2025 - 21:22

So I recently inherited a very run down block home in florida. I'm having to remove the old plaster walls in each room because the place is just filthy and was wondering how I could treat the exterior walls from the inside to prevent and moisture air or bugs from getting through. I was hoping I could just roll on some type of rubberized sealer or something like that but I don't know if the block needs to breathe to prevent worse moisture problems from arising or something like that. Also the drywall is attatched to .75in furring strips so im playlnning to add half inch foam board before the new drywall. Any insight would be appreciated

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