I am about to start finishing my unfinished basement. I have superior walls all around with the metal furring strip on the studs. I am building a bar (for a sink and small refrigerator) and a wall to create a storage closet. I have a concrete floor that I plan to you Delta FL on and they 3/4" plywood then I will be carpeting the living area and storage. I will be putting laminate wood down in the kitchen area. I don't seem to have a major water problem, I do run a humidifier in the summer. I am going to list out the steps and hopefully you guys can give me some guidelines if they are wrong!
1. Building my wall for my storage closet. I am doing this because I am going to need my electrician to put a switch in the wall for this room. The bottom plate of my wall will be PT.
2. My electrician is going to be putting in around 10-15 can lights. I will let him do that before anything else.
3. Next I am going to build my bar and run my plumbing. I am going to have my plumber install a grinder pit (or something along those lines) to run mainly liquids up to the sewer line.
4. Next will be my floor with delta fl on the bottom and 3/4" plywood on top. Do I need to put a 6 mil vapor barrier underneath the Delta FL? The floor really doesn't sweat that bad. The west side of the basement is a walkout. As for installing the Delta underlay, should I run that up the studs a bit or cut it at the studs and spray some expanding foam to seal it up?
5. I am going to install spray foam insulation in the walls and then install my drywall. I was going to do 1/2" drywall.
6. Drywall my ceiling. I haven't figured out if I want to do a drop ceiling or drywall and a drop ceiling. I have about 10'x50' that is 1.5' lower on the east side for the HVAC and plumbing lines. Is there anyway I can hang drywall there or is my only option a drop ceiling?
7. Lastly I would paint, install my carpet and trim and be done!
Any info, tips and considerations would be appreciated!
1. Building my wall for my storage closet. I am doing this because I am going to need my electrician to put a switch in the wall for this room. The bottom plate of my wall will be PT.
2. My electrician is going to be putting in around 10-15 can lights. I will let him do that before anything else.
3. Next I am going to build my bar and run my plumbing. I am going to have my plumber install a grinder pit (or something along those lines) to run mainly liquids up to the sewer line.
4. Next will be my floor with delta fl on the bottom and 3/4" plywood on top. Do I need to put a 6 mil vapor barrier underneath the Delta FL? The floor really doesn't sweat that bad. The west side of the basement is a walkout. As for installing the Delta underlay, should I run that up the studs a bit or cut it at the studs and spray some expanding foam to seal it up?
5. I am going to install spray foam insulation in the walls and then install my drywall. I was going to do 1/2" drywall.
6. Drywall my ceiling. I haven't figured out if I want to do a drop ceiling or drywall and a drop ceiling. I have about 10'x50' that is 1.5' lower on the east side for the HVAC and plumbing lines. Is there anyway I can hang drywall there or is my only option a drop ceiling?
7. Lastly I would paint, install my carpet and trim and be done!
Any info, tips and considerations would be appreciated!
