Hi - new to the site, so apologise for any diy ignorance.....
I am considering converting an agricultural barn (breeze block & asbestos cement roof) in to a daycare nursery.
I have very little idea what I am doing but will be getting builder etc to do the work....I just need to understand it.
The floor is between 8 and 10 inches of concrete and up til about 3 yrs ago had tractors dumping crops on it
I am hovering between a stud wall and a second breeze block wall (which would be a 6inch Turboblock apparently)
I want to overinsulate the space & am really stuggling with the ceiling. The trusses won't support it and finding something to span 10m seems very difficult...but we might have found something on line. It needs to support 8-10 inches of insulation and plasterboard as a ceiling (which will not be smooth...as rough is cheaper (apparently))
If I ever get this far I will paint the blocks and put in a dado at about 4 ft for the electrics, with a skirting at the bottem (and maybe at the top to finish it)
Thanks for listening - I have loads more ideas but I'll add to it if there is any interest
I am considering converting an agricultural barn (breeze block & asbestos cement roof) in to a daycare nursery.
I have very little idea what I am doing but will be getting builder etc to do the work....I just need to understand it.
The floor is between 8 and 10 inches of concrete and up til about 3 yrs ago had tractors dumping crops on it
I am hovering between a stud wall and a second breeze block wall (which would be a 6inch Turboblock apparently)
I want to overinsulate the space & am really stuggling with the ceiling. The trusses won't support it and finding something to span 10m seems very difficult...but we might have found something on line. It needs to support 8-10 inches of insulation and plasterboard as a ceiling (which will not be smooth...as rough is cheaper (apparently))
If I ever get this far I will paint the blocks and put in a dado at about 4 ft for the electrics, with a skirting at the bottem (and maybe at the top to finish it)
Thanks for listening - I have loads more ideas but I'll add to it if there is any interest