Drywall installations ruin finished basements

Before you make the final decision to install drywall in the basement, do a little search on replacing drywall on the Internet. Between water damage, mold, and the flimsy, easily breakable build of drywall, there are thousands of people looking for help in replacing drywall in their home. Reinstalling drywall is a dusty, dirty job that creates piles of waste and requires the removal of sometimes moldy, rotting drywall and wood studs. It’s a difficult, time-consuming project, and hiring a professional to do it for you is expensive.

Einstein defines insanity as “doing the same thing twice and expecting different results”. If you install drywall and it’s ruined, what will happen if you install drywall again? Sooner or later, this cheap, flimsy material is going to become ruined again. Drywall – even mold-resistant drywall – is simply not built to last for the long haul.

When drywall comes in contact with water, it soaks up the moisture and begins to disintegrate. In a very short amount of time, this moisture can lead to the growth of mold, mildew, and mold spores- especially behind the drywall where the moisture can become trapped. Dust mites can grow on drywall by the millions, and each one will produce approximately 200 times its body weight in waste in a lifetime. And the Journal of Property Management has reported that a single square inch of drywall will contain as many as 10 million spores! Dust mite waste holds more than 15 potent allergens, and Time magazine reports that there can be hundreds of thousands of mold spores in a single cubic meter of air indoors. With a single person inhaling 10 or 12 cubic meters each day, this is a serious problem!

The Environmental Protection Agency cites indoor air pollution as one of the five greatest environmental risks to public health, with mold, pollen, pet dander, and dust mite allergies is among the leading causes of these problems. If you have congestion, stuffy nose, irritated eyes, or difficulty breathing indoors that is quickly relieved when you go outside, you may be one of the 10% of the general population and 90% of asthmatic patients who are sensitive to these allergens. Even if these allergens are located in the basement,

The best way to avoid the problems of replacing damaged gypsum panels or dealing with wet, moldy, disintegrating drywall replacement is to stop the vicious cycle. Don’t replace your drywall with more of the same: instead, finish the area with Total Basement Finishing’s EverLast Wall Panels. Their industry-leading R-13 insulation offers unprecedented savings in energy bills, and the completely inorganic walls will not support dust mite and mold growth. And when your basement floods from a leak in the foundation or plumbing, our EverLast Wall Panels you can count on their 50 year warranty against mold and moisture to keep them strong- even if the basement floods! No other basement wall product’s warranty compares to this!