I'm remodeling our house and have the walls stripped to the studs.
I need to completely rewire the house but I have to do it in steps and the inspector tells me I can't close up the walls completely until the inspection has been done.
I thought about sheathing the inside of the walls with 7/16ths OSB horizontally and attaching the bottom sheet with just a couple screws to allow easy access for wiring and inspection and then drywall over that when I'm done but I've read that OSB expands and contracts quite a bit with temp and humidity changes. Would that expansion and contraction cause a problem with screws holding the drywall?
Another reason for using the osb is the old lath and plaster walls were over an inch thick so i have quite a gap at the ceiling to fill.
I need to completely rewire the house but I have to do it in steps and the inspector tells me I can't close up the walls completely until the inspection has been done.
I thought about sheathing the inside of the walls with 7/16ths OSB horizontally and attaching the bottom sheet with just a couple screws to allow easy access for wiring and inspection and then drywall over that when I'm done but I've read that OSB expands and contracts quite a bit with temp and humidity changes. Would that expansion and contraction cause a problem with screws holding the drywall?
Another reason for using the osb is the old lath and plaster walls were over an inch thick so i have quite a gap at the ceiling to fill.
