I am planning on installing MDF beadboard wainscotting on my basement walls.The basement is dry,we have applied 2 coats of masonry sealer to the foundation.
Would OSB be a suitable backer for the wainscotting?
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The MDF is true beadboard....or panels?
For true beadboard I use a plywood backer....not sure how good a bite the nails will get in OSB. I'd add construction adhesive to the mix.
For panels, I run horizontal firring strips.
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No. Dry basement or not it will rot. Sorry, for the rhyme but that's how I remember it.
Rot = mold. and you do not want that. Better if you use the new paperless water resistant sheet-rock.
Best to you and yours, Chris.
Some say I know too much.
How will it rot in a dry basement?
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Summer humidity gets trapped in the wall. Best to you and yours, Chris.
Some say I know too much.
I'm assuming.....I know, bad idea....that if he is finishing the inside of the wall with wainscotting, it is for a living space.....thus...the walls will be insulated and the room air conditioned.
If this is in fact the case, and done properly, I would not fear rotting of the OSB.
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Edited 12/13/2006 8:29 pm ET by JDRHI
<<<Summer humidity gets trapped in the wall. >>>
you better rethink that one.
if humid air can get in the wall it can get out too.