Framing "basement" walls - moisture protection?
Coastal SoCal. No HVAC or insulation needs. Not a true basement, but a detached building built into a hillside such that most of it is underground. The building walls are concrete, and I want to frame it out to build plywood walls for ease of mounting french cleats, storage racks, etc. vs. bolting into the very old concrete. I plan on painting the concrete with a couple coats of Drylok and doing the framing with pressure treated lumber. Is that enough, or should I also install plastic/Tyvek/some other moisture barrier between the studs and the wall? Only if they touch? If so, what's the easiest way to do that? I probably have to frame the wall in place due to space constraints. submitted by /u/deeyenda [link] [comments]
Coastal SoCal. No HVAC or insulation needs.
Not a true basement, but a detached building built into a hillside such that most of it is underground.
The building walls are concrete, and I want to frame it out to build plywood walls for ease of mounting french cleats, storage racks, etc. vs. bolting into the very old concrete.
I plan on painting the concrete with a couple coats of Drylok and doing the framing with pressure treated lumber. Is that enough, or should I also install plastic/Tyvek/some other moisture barrier between the studs and the wall? Only if they touch? If so, what's the easiest way to do that? I probably have to frame the wall in place due to space constraints.
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