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I’m doing an earthquake retrofit in the Pacific Northwest and the last part of the project is to cover all the basement 32″ high cripple/pony walls with 1/2″ CDX. Half of the basement is a concrete slab and the other half is a 5′ dirt unfinished space.
Before I nail up the CDX, I was thinking of insulating the walls with blue-beadboard insulation.
I am concerned that doing this my cause long-term problems due to no ventalation which would/could rot the outside clapboard or inside CDX.
Does it make sense to leave a 1″ gap at the top and bottom of each beadboard and drill the recommended 3″ hole for each joist space so that “some” air circulation is possible? Or would doing this negate the effects of installing any beadboard.
The outside clapbord looks pretty water tight except for maybe the south side of the house.
Thanks for any help….
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I'm doing an earthquake retrofit in the Pacific Northwest and the last part of the project is to cover all the basement 32" high cripple/pony walls with 1/2" CDX. Half of the basement is a concrete slab and the other half is a 5' dirt unfinished space.
Before I nail up the CDX, I was thinking of insulating the walls with blue-beadboard insulation.
I am concerned that doing this my cause long-term problems due to no ventalation which would/could rot the outside clapboard or inside CDX.
Does it make sense to leave a 1" gap at the top and bottom of each beadboard and drill the recommended 3" hole for each joist space so that "some" air circulation is possible? Or would doing this negate the effects of installing any beadboard.
The outside clapbord looks pretty water tight except for maybe the south side of the house.
Thanks for any help....