My shop is in my basement and I am planning to put up plywood for walls (much of the shop is against a poured concrete wall so I'll have to frame out a wall in front of the concrete as well). Seems like lots of folks do this.
But... our termite guy inspected our house a couple weeks ago and told my wife that we need to get the wood away from the exterior walls in the basement and that we should not use wood shelves down there (I have wooden shelving units against the wall now). I have not talked to the termite guy, but this seems like a complete over kill.
We live in Atlanta (which has serious termite issues), but our house does not have any termite problems. Should I be concerned about putting up the plywood walls? Should I take any precautions as far as treatment before doing it?
Is plywood really any worse than dry wall? (tons of people finish their basements)
Any comments are appreciated. I need to explain to SWMBO why this is not going to be a problem.
YJJim