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.
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A suggestion: In some jurisdictions a 'bedroom' in a basement area is
not permitted unless it has windows above ground level that can be used
for escape. Although an 'inhabited room' with an alternative way out
may be acceptable in some places.
Personally I would not put a permanent bedroom in my mainly below
ground basement.
However a rumpus/recreation room used on rare occasions for an adult
supervised 'children's sleepover' party would probably be OK;
especially if one has an extra smoke alarm installed on the stairs etc.
In particular do not rent out a basement room, for someone to live in.
There could be culpability and financial liability in the case of
disaster! There are also ventilation and health considerations required
by some jurisdictions.