gftiv posted:We bought a used house and the basement was drywalled. This was on a outside wall of poured concrete. Firring strips were put on the concrete and the drywall next. some of the firring strips started to pull away from the wall. Firring strips and drywall were never meant to support that kind of load. 2x4 stud might have done much better.
That’s not the proper way to remodel a basement. I wonder if it’s code? I assume they were glued to the wall, not shot. When I did remodeling as a contractor, we built a stud wall and nailed it to a treated wood base plate that was shot into the floor. We nailed the top plate to the floor joists. Behind the wall was foil faced ridged insulation. The wall would have standard electrical in conduit. Those walls aren’t coming down easy.
George
