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Installing polystyrene in basement mjwjal 12-28-2006
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Posted by on December 28, 2006, 8:42 pm


I'm starting to finish my basement and I decided to put up polystyrene
against the cement basement walls and then stick frame 2x4 walls off of
that. My question is should the polystyrene be touching the floor or
should there be a slight gap between the polystrene and the floor?
Would a gap help if there was ever a drainage issue?

The answer to this and any other tip would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mark


Posted by buffalobill on December 28, 2006, 9:48 pm


see:
http://www.buildingscience.com/resources/basements.htm

mjwjal@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm starting to finish my basement and I decided to put up polystyrene
> against the cement basement walls and then stick frame 2x4 walls off of
> that. My question is should the polystyrene be touching the floor or
> should there be a slight gap between the polystrene and the floor?
> Would a gap help if there was ever a drainage issue?
>
> The answer to this and any other tip would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark


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