I'm building a stud wall across the middle of the garage to convert
half the garage into a usable room.

The floor of the garage is concrete and is below the DPC. Do I need to
worry about this when building the stud wall i.e. do I need to run a
DPC layer between the floor plate and the existing concrete garage
floor?

Thanks,

Don

wrote:
I'm building a stud wall across the middle of the garage to convert
half the garage into a usable room.

The floor of the garage is concrete and is below the DPC. Do I need to
worry about this when building the stud wall i.e. do I need to run a
DPC layer between the floor plate and the existing concrete garage
floor?

Whether or not it's mandatory, it certainly makes sense; if nothing else
it will stop the timber floor plate getting damp and won't take any
extra effort to fit it. Cost - about 30p? No brainer!

David

That makes sense. Is there a recommended way for putting fixings
through the DPC to minimize any bridging?

Don

In article .com,
says...
That makes sense. Is there a recommended way for putting fixings
through the DPC to minimize any bridging?

You could bed it in mortar so it sits in a slot, then you wouldn't need
to nail through.

______________
| |---wall plate
|| ||--DPC
_ || || _
/ |||______________||| \
/ |+----------------+| \--mortar fillet
/ +------------------+ \
------------------------------------------------------

Brickwork up to DPC level, DPC on bricks, stud work on DPC.

In article . com,
says...
Brickwork up to DPC level, DPC on bricks, stud work on DPC.

Which doesn't answer his question of how to fix the studs through the
DPC.

wrote in message
oups.com...
That makes sense. Is there a recommended way for putting fixings
through the DPC to minimize any bridging?

Don


Use frame fixings, http://www.toolstation.com/index.html?code=61889