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   JDRHI | Dec 14, 2006 12:12am | #1

   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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   CarpentrySpecialist | Dec 14, 2006 12:15am | #2

   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.

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   JDRHI | Dec 14, 2006 01:20am | #3

   How will it rot in a dry basement?

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   CarpentrySpecialist | Dec 14, 2006 02:13am | #4

   Summer humidity gets trapped in the wall. Best to you and yours, Chris.

   Some say I know too much.

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   JDRHI | Dec 14, 2006 02:33am | #5

   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

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   maverick | Dec 14, 2006 02:33am | #6

   <<<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.