The bottom horizontal piece should be treated lumber.


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nicholas_hannon25 wrote:
I'm currently remodiling a basement room, I'm turning it into a bedroom.
So the room already is there and the walls are already framed out ontop
of
the cocrete and foundation. what i'm doing is putting up false walls to
hide some pipes and wires also to hide most of the concrete now my
question is do i have to use pressure treated wood for just putting up
false walls or is there something i can use to treat the wood since i
already purchased studs from home depot.
Hi,
Is their a risk for moisture in your basement? Plain lumber is OK. I won't
use chemical laden materila for indoor. When I had this house built I had
the basement ceiling higher than usual so I could hide all the
things(wiring, ducts, pipes) without lowering the ceiling.
One thing, when framing a wall, leave about an inch gap at the top.
Should not make it tight fit from bottom to top.