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Garage Conversion
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Due to wife expecting our second child next year I am looking to convert part of my detached garage into an office, it is brick built with a flat roof and concrete floor a window will also be added. I intend to insulate all walls by using a timber frame and then putting plasterboard over it, i will also be insulating the dividing stud wall along with ceiling and floor. The new room size will be 3m x 3.3m and i think i will need approximately 48m sq of insulation,. What type do you think i should use? Is it ok to use Chipboard for the flooring?, this will be on a timber frame on top of a DPM. I would also like to line the walls with chipboard over a DPM to give even betting insulation before creating a timber frame, is this a good idea? Thank you in advance for your comment & opinions. Thanks Tom |
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Tom wrote: Hi Due to wife expecting our second child next year I am looking to convert part of my detached garage into an office, it is brick built with a flat roof and concrete floor a window will also be added. I intend to insulate all walls by using a timber frame and then putting plasterboard over it, i will also be insulating the dividing stud wall along with ceiling and floor. The new room size will be 3m x 3.3m and i think i will need approximately 48m sq of insulation,. What type do you think i should use? Is it ok to use Chipboard for the flooring?, this will be on a timber frame on top of a DPM. I would also like to line the walls with chipboard over a DPM to give even betting insulation before creating a timber frame, is this a good idea? Thank you in advance for your comment & opinions. Thanks Tom Sounds reasonable - but don't forget to check on building regs. Being a detached garage, it was probably exempt - but won't be when part of it is living accommodation. If the other part is still a garage - or even if it may only be used for storing flammable materials - you'll need suitable fire protection between the garage and office parts. I'm not sure whether you'll also need planning permission for change of use. It may be as well to check. -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
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Tom wrote:
Hi Due to wife expecting our second child next year I am looking to convert part of my detached garage into an office, it is brick built with a flat roof and concrete floor a window will also be added. I intend to insulate all walls by using a timber frame and then putting plasterboard over it, i will also be insulating the dividing stud wall along with ceiling and floor. The new room size will be 3m x 3.3m and i think i will need approximately 48m sq of insulation,. What type do you think i should use? Is it ok to use Chipboard for the flooring?, this will be on a timber frame on top of a DPM. I would also like to line the walls with chipboard over a DPM to give even betting insulation before creating a timber frame, is this a good idea? Thank you in advance for your comment & opinions. Thanks Tom if its for habitation, you'll want insulation in your new wall cavity and also under the floor. NT |
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