Owens Corning Basement Finishing System?

[celtic]

Owens Corning Basement Finishing System?

Anyone have any experience with this stuff?

I'm wondering about the electrical aspect of it. The website indicates:

Your home office will give you the quiet you need to concentrate, thanks to its built-in Owens Corning insulation with excellent sound control. The Basement Finishing System? even has channels for all of your wires along the baseboard.

http://franchising.owenscorning.com/bfs/ideas/idea_gallery.aspx

Comments?

 

[infinity]

I just saw a commercial for this stuff. I didn't see any electric work or wall receptacles in the commercial. The guy did have a table, chair and a lamp though.

 

[cadpoint]

Can You Say Man Cave...
I beleive there baseboard race ways.

 

[480sparky]

Do they make allowances in the baseboard to seperate the 120V stuff from the phone/cable/satellite stuff too?

 

[cadpoint]

Best I could find ...
http://franchising.owenscorning.com/bfs/products/
or for Canada
http://franchising.owenscorning.com/bfs/products/index_canada.aspx

 

[stickboy1375]

Do they make allowances in the baseboard to seperate the 120V stuff from the phone/cable/satellite stuff too?

Do they really need to be separated?

 

[cadpoint]

Some Building codes require a minimun of two inches of seperation on unrlated services.

 

[lowryder88h]

basement

basement

the EC mounts a single gang mud box attached onto the front surface of the metal stud, Nm down the stud into the box. the finished wall is 2.5" thick so it butts right against the box which makes it flush with the face of the box. Its a very expensive way to finish a basement but from soup to nuts its completed with in less than 2 weeks from start to finish.

 

[bobbyho]

I saw one job. Fiberglass old work box drilled out the back and rawled directly to the concrete wall. One hole tie wraps rawled to the wall holding the romex. There is usually a specification for the number of cans in the drop ceiling. It is a very expensive basement but they are selling them like mad. Personally, I don't like the looks and I didn't even like the pictures in their photogallery. Just my opinion though.

 

[celtic]

There is usually a specification for the number of cans in the drop ceiling.

Are you serious???

 

[cadpoint]

Are you serious???

Hook , line , and sinker, what U want to turn it inot a tanning salon with the left over 400 W 'ers

 

[celtic]

Hook , line , and sinker, what U want to turn it inot a tanning salon with the left over 400 W 'ers

LOL

where else can I use them?

 

[bobbyho]

Yeah, I forgot what they told me but it is something like so many watts per sq ft

 

[kc8dxx]

It is a very expensive basement but they are selling them like mad.

Their claim to fame is the wall system doesn't support mold growth, it allows moisture to pass thru so that it doesn't get trapped behind the wall system, and it is easily removed for access to the original walls. Don't know of anyone who provides materials with similar performance.

Material/Labor is $80-100/sq foot, ballpark. You could build a small house for that kind of rate. They don't sell just the materials.

I happen to like the looks, but not at that price. Hopefully their patent runs out soon, or someone else gets into the market and competition drives their pricing down.

 

[celtic]

Thanks guys.