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Default Converted Garage as Office - it's very cold in here

Doctor Drivel wrote:
"LongYP" wrote in message
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ok..one of the reasons I moved to my current address was the double garage
which had been converted - this has become my office.

Summer - great - Winter - I am freezing my proverbials off.

I have insulated the loft area - but - the real problem (I believe) was
the
conversion was never done properly in the first place.

OK it looks nice but the walling (stud walling??) attached to the garage
brick work is just that - i do not think there is any inuslation between
the
wall and the brick work - hence the massive loss of heat.

Is it a massive job to pull the wall (stud?) of the brick work - rebaton -
stuff with insulation material and the put the wall back again - amateur
at
work mind you.


No need to remove woodwork, just remove PB. Fit rockwool or similar and
replace PB. Either tape the joints and paint, or if you want it nicely
finished get it skimmed by a plasterer.

May be worth doing the floor too, apply a layer of insulation then wood
over it.


Can you gain access from the loft area to the stud gaps? Then you could
pour down vermiculite or slide in high performing foam insulation like
Kingspan.


If there is any access, a fill with polystyrene balls is always an
option. You wont get rigid sheet insulation in there of course.


NT