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Finishing out basement walls/insulation

5 years ago

About to start finishing my basement. Its exterior insulated (2" foam board on the outside of the wall) form-poured concrete. House is in Zone5/6.


Been looking at lots of youtube recommendations and forum postings to figure out the proper way to do this but for some reason, nobody can agree on anything...


Here's what I've got (1a and 1b) and what I'd like to do (2 and following). Let me know if you see an issue...


1a. 2" polystyrene foam board

1b. Concrete wall

2. 1" polystyrene foam board (w/ taped seams)

3. 1x3 furring strip lattice (nailed to the concrete -- i saw this on a This Old House video) OR 2x4 framed wall w/ no insulation .

4. Visqueen barrier

5. Drywall


Good? Bad? Terrible?

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