Hi,
I'm gagging to try to split my long garage into a workshop and a rear "den" type room. it's built out of 1.5m X 0.5m stacked concrete slabs which are clamped to vertical posts ever 1.5m. So in my mind I should be able to bolt timbers to the insides of these posts by replacing the existing bolts with longer ones and knock up stud walls and internal wall surface from then on.
My query is about what I need to really look to do to ensure this doesn't all turn to sh*t with issues like damp and such. The inside is generally very dry, but is "aggresively" ventilated due to a corrugated roof resting above the smooth wall surface (previous owners appear to have blocked some of the holes with bits of soft foam), and some furniture and paper that have been in there over the winter have started going mouldy. Need to do something!
As I'm hoping to insulate a bit with fibre glass insulation and the likes, I assume I'd be stupid to not do something better before I start on the fun stuff, but I'm not really sure what. Do I just need to deal with the holes (currently waiting for the temperature to rise a little before using some expanding foam in a can), or should I line the walls themselves with plastic sheeting or something?
Suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
I'm gagging to try to split my long garage into a workshop and a rear "den" type room. it's built out of 1.5m X 0.5m stacked concrete slabs which are clamped to vertical posts ever 1.5m. So in my mind I should be able to bolt timbers to the insides of these posts by replacing the existing bolts with longer ones and knock up stud walls and internal wall surface from then on.
My query is about what I need to really look to do to ensure this doesn't all turn to sh*t with issues like damp and such. The inside is generally very dry, but is "aggresively" ventilated due to a corrugated roof resting above the smooth wall surface (previous owners appear to have blocked some of the holes with bits of soft foam), and some furniture and paper that have been in there over the winter have started going mouldy. Need to do something!
As I'm hoping to insulate a bit with fibre glass insulation and the likes, I assume I'd be stupid to not do something better before I start on the fun stuff, but I'm not really sure what. Do I just need to deal with the holes (currently waiting for the temperature to rise a little before using some expanding foam in a can), or should I line the walls themselves with plastic sheeting or something?
Suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
Chris