Finishing Basement Cold Room
We live in Utah and our builder installs cold storage rooms in the basement, ostensibly for canning. We don’t can, but we’d like to use the storage space. Problem is that the patio sits right above the metal ceiling, resulting in condensation during the summer. Moisture from the concrete walls and floor condensates with the temperature swings in the ceiling; the walls are fairly consistent temperature-wise. The walls and floor are all concrete; the ceiling is corrugated metal with the concrete patio above (not sure how it’s supported, but it’s sturdy). We are fine with the seasonal temperature swings, but would like to put a stop to the condensation. We’d prefer not to finish the walls so that we have more room for storage. How would y’all do this? My thoughts are to seal the corners with spray-can foam, and then sandwich a vapor barrier between the ceiling and studs. The studs will be held in place with joist hangars bolted into the concrete walls. I’ll then insert batt insulation between the studs and finish with drywall. I can also use foam board insulation. As for the walls, the builder just used blanket insulation in the rest of the basement. Standard practice here is to put the studs for walls right up against the blanket insulation and then drywall on top of the studs. Not much else for moisture mitigation. submitted by /u/AssumptionBitter418 [link] [comments]
| | We live in Utah and our builder installs cold storage rooms in the basement, ostensibly for canning. We don’t can, but we’d like to use the storage space. Problem is that the patio sits right above the metal ceiling, resulting in condensation during the summer. Moisture from the concrete walls and floor condensates with the temperature swings in the ceiling; the walls are fairly consistent temperature-wise. The walls and floor are all concrete; the ceiling is corrugated metal with the concrete patio above (not sure how it’s supported, but it’s sturdy). We are fine with the seasonal temperature swings, but would like to put a stop to the condensation. We’d prefer not to finish the walls so that we have more room for storage. How would y’all do this? My thoughts are to seal the corners with spray-can foam, and then sandwich a vapor barrier between the ceiling and studs. The studs will be held in place with joist hangars bolted into the concrete walls. I’ll then insert batt insulation between the studs and finish with drywall. I can also use foam board insulation. As for the walls, the builder just used blanket insulation in the rest of the basement. Standard practice here is to put the studs for walls right up against the blanket insulation and then drywall on top of the studs. Not much else for moisture mitigation. [link] [comments] |
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