Insulating uneven basement walls for possible fish room?

Lbrdsoxfan · May 4, 2022

Gtinnel said:
You can use furring strips and attach them to the wall, but it would be a pain to shim them out to where they’re all flat. It also doesn’t allow for very much room for insulation.

I also hate finishing Sheetrock, but it is the only wall covering that looks good in my opinion. I bought an old house, completely gutted and rebuilt it and finishing the sheet rock is the only part that I hired someone to do.

This. I pay dry wallers, all day!

Devaji · May 4, 2022

Lbrdsoxfan said:
This. I pay dry wallers, all day!

I agree Drywall sucks right.

it took about 6 weeks to due the drywall on the full house reno we did. had to shim some out trim some 2x4 down to get a level flat surface....way to long and WAY to much $$

I thought about the project some more and I dont think i am gonna do it. the idea to have a nice man cave/fish room down there is nice and all. but i would be only finishing one room down there and dont want to put all the work and $$ into only to not hang out there much.

IDK would be a super cool project but I think I m gonna keep it simple now that I have to replace my large reef, seams are starting to fail so i got a warranty replacement coming.
that alone is a ton of work.

SteveMM62Reef · May 5, 2022

This is the Drawing, I made. Vertical Fire Stops are not Shown. Most Codes Spec. Every 10 feet. My plan was every 8 feet, so I wouldn’t have to divide a Sheet of Foam Board. Home Depot, has the Vertical Angle, for Fire Stops. Make sure you get permits, and check with local code enforcement, before starting.