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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: myntik1 on November 28, 2007, 01:33:42 pm ---(1) Since I'm thinking about putting a pellet stove in my basement, I was thinking about going with furring strips instead of 2x4 walls. I was told not to since I wouldn't be able to put good insualtion in.  One since I'll have a pellet stove, would the r factor really matter (I live in the NE)
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You're going to be wasting a lot of fuel if you don't insulate the walls.

shardian:

--- Quote from: myntik1 on November 28, 2007, 01:33:42 pm ---I'm about to start doing my basement next month. 2 questions:

(1) Since I'm thinking about putting a pellet stove in my basement, I was thinking about going with furring strips instead of 2x4 walls. I was told not to since I wouldn't be able to put good insualtion in.  One since I'll have a pellet stove, would the r factor really matter (I live in the NE)

(2) The most daunting part of the task will be mudding and sanding the walls.  I was thinking about hiring this out.  Is it really that time consuming to get it right?

sorry about hijacking your thread

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I was wondering the same thing on the furring strips. I have an understair closet that I would like to finish to better seal the downstairs. I suppose there is a foam board insulation that could fit with furring, but haven't looked to far into it yet.

ChadTower:

From what I saw when looking into it, the rigid insulation sheets are something in the R3 to R6 or 7 range... I didn't see any higher than that at the box stores.  The higher end was pretty thick, too, which meant you'd have to be using at least 1" thick furring strips.  By the time you get that far out you may as well use the framed out wall... of course, I'm a full amateur at all of this, so I could be totally wrong.

sharidan's case is probably a bit different in that he lives in a much warmer spot and only really needs an R3, especially inside a closet.

shardian:
Yes, the 1" polystyrene is only like an R4. In the closet I might even just use 1/2" or 3/4". I mainly am concerned with sealing up the space moisture wise, as that closet is a big hole in the insulation system downstairs.

ChadTower:

That's the one area where my insulation panels kind of sucked.  I had to cut them in halves to get them into my wife's car... but then they didn't quite cut straight even with a sharp box cutter blade.  So it was sort of like putting together a jigsaw puzzle in a couple of ways... where if I had gone with the tongue and groove stuff it would have come out better but cost at least twice as much.  It's not going to be a big moisture barrier because of the slight gaps in the panels, but where my basement is so dry, and the Drylok is there, heat was the primary concern.

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