Hi all!
We recently bought a house in Vancouver, Canada. We're about to finish the basement and have some options when it comes to the concrete walls. The house is quite new (2007).
The basement is basically surrounded of 3 concrete walls. We have the options to either frame/drywall them, or simply spray them. Spraying looks to be a cheaper options, but even though framing is more expensive, it looks to have some pros to it.
We also plan to have electrical outlets along the walls.
Questions:
- Will the house value gain more if we frame vs spray it?
- Can we install electrical outlets directly in the concrete? I heard it's against the current electrical code. Anyone knows if it's true?
- Isolation: the climate is quite tempered in Vancouver. Humidity-wise, would it be recommended to frame instead of simply spray?
- If we want on hang stuff on the walls, simple common sense tells me drywall would be better. But is it wasy to just hook nails in concrete to hang let's say a flat screen?
Any pros/cons of framing vs spraying would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance all, really need your help here!
David
We recently bought a house in Vancouver, Canada. We're about to finish the basement and have some options when it comes to the concrete walls. The house is quite new (2007).
The basement is basically surrounded of 3 concrete walls. We have the options to either frame/drywall them, or simply spray them. Spraying looks to be a cheaper options, but even though framing is more expensive, it looks to have some pros to it.
We also plan to have electrical outlets along the walls.
Questions:
- Will the house value gain more if we frame vs spray it?
- Can we install electrical outlets directly in the concrete? I heard it's against the current electrical code. Anyone knows if it's true?
- Isolation: the climate is quite tempered in Vancouver. Humidity-wise, would it be recommended to frame instead of simply spray?
- If we want on hang stuff on the walls, simple common sense tells me drywall would be better. But is it wasy to just hook nails in concrete to hang let's say a flat screen?
Any pros/cons of framing vs spraying would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance all, really need your help here!
David