1/2" plywood for furring strips
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So between my basement stairs and my concrete wall, there isn't much room. I've been thinking of putting 2" foam, ripping 1/2" plywood strips for furring, and 1/4" drywall.
Unfortunately moving stairs or making them narrower is not an option.
What the thought on this?
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(02-15-2021, 11:23 AM)megrilla Wrote: So between my basement stairs and my concrete wall, there isn't much room. I've been thinking of putting 2" foam, ripping 1/2" plywood strips for furring, and 1/4" drywall.
Unfortunately moving stairs or making them narrower is not an option.
What the thought on this?
I would glue the foam (extruded, not expanded) to the concrete and then glue the drywall to the foam.
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There are engineered solutions for that.  They probably cost more than you solution, but it is a small space, so likely not too much expense.

I had seen one system in a youtube video, but it appears that there are multiple options out there.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fir...all+panels

This video shows an installation on one of the products.

https://www.insofast.com/lc/basement-wal...anels.html

Very fast and no special tools.
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(02-15-2021, 12:15 PM)Splinter Puller Wrote: I would glue the foam (extruded, not expanded) to the concrete and then glue the drywall to the foam.

If you do this, devise a clamping method if you want flat drywall.    Perhaps you can use wedges between the drywall and the basement stairs, or something like that.

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