Drywall over concrete wall?
#1
12-12-09, 10:35 AM
Drywall over concrete wall?
Background: Ranch style house on a hill. Half of the basement is above the ground. 2 car garage. Basement consists of landury room, half bath, finihsed rec room wth carpet and 2 car garage. From the fron tthe house looks like a 2 sotry house, but technically its a one story with a finished downstaris.
The front part of the house has a storage room under the porch. the entire house is poured concrete. I want to hang drywall over the concrete using some type of adhesive in the front wall of the garage. There is no water/moisture issue. The front of the wall is the interior of the garage and the other side is the storage room which is completely poured concrete. (I call it my tornado room, because all four walls are 8" pured concrete with a poured cocnrete porch as the ceiling) There are no pipes or electrical along the wall, only one door to the storage room. The entire wall is above ground.
Looking to see if anybody has done this before and/or can it be done.
The front part of the house has a storage room under the porch. the entire house is poured concrete. I want to hang drywall over the concrete using some type of adhesive in the front wall of the garage. There is no water/moisture issue. The front of the wall is the interior of the garage and the other side is the storage room which is completely poured concrete. (I call it my tornado room, because all four walls are 8" pured concrete with a poured cocnrete porch as the ceiling) There are no pipes or electrical along the wall, only one door to the storage room. The entire wall is above ground.
Looking to see if anybody has done this before and/or can it be done.
#2
12-12-09, 10:49 AM
If you want to finish it, you will have to install electrical according to code provisions, so just gluing up sheetrock won't cut it. Sheetrock isn't very happy just glued up anyway. You could fur out the walls with 2x4s, glued to the monolith, run your electrical using shallow boxes, then apply the sheetrock on that. I prefer to completely stud the walls with bottom/top plates, studs set normally, etc. It makes it so much easier to insulate if you choose to do so, run your electrical and keep condensation to a minimum.
hang on, as others may have successfully done it.
hang on, as others may have successfully done it.
#3
12-12-09, 10:59 AM
Originally Posted by chandler
If you want to finish it, you will have to install electrical according to code provisions.
#4
12-12-09, 11:06 AM
Group Moderator
You would only have to install electrical if it is going to be living space. If it is for storage, shop, or in your case, part of a garage no electrical is required.
I do agree that furring out the wall and add some insulation/vapor barrier is a good idea. If you are opposed to this then gluing on the sheetrock with some construction adhesive (IE: PL200) is the way to go.
I do agree that furring out the wall and add some insulation/vapor barrier is a good idea. If you are opposed to this then gluing on the sheetrock with some construction adhesive (IE: PL200) is the way to go.
