Hi
I have a c.5.6m x 5.4m double garage (double up and over door, pitched/trussed roof) that I'm looking to make warmer, but have a couple of bits I'm not sure on...
My plan is in two parts
1) erect a stud wall splitting the garage in half side to side leaving two c.2.7m x 5.6m sections (it's actually larger on one side as I'll go as close to the up and over as I can)
2) plasterboard the ceiling insulate over the top.
I'm not looking for a habitable space, just hold the temp up better and make it more comfortable working in the workshop (one half of the split)
My questions are:
Studwork - I've actually already put a bit up as it was forming a divider to hang stuff off, but I just threw up 38*63 CLS. Is this alright to continue across the garage and form into a full blown wall? The ceiling height is about 2.7m.
Anything I'm reading on Studwork is talking about 75 or 100mm x 50mm sawn timber, but then is that even actually that size?!
Electrics along the trusses - there are various cables for sockets/lights clipped along the edges of the trusses, if I'm going to be insulating between the trusses, should I be moving the cables so they're not 'insulated'? I have a feeling it's bad practice to chuck insulation over cabling.
Any input appreciated.
Thanks
I have a c.5.6m x 5.4m double garage (double up and over door, pitched/trussed roof) that I'm looking to make warmer, but have a couple of bits I'm not sure on...
My plan is in two parts
1) erect a stud wall splitting the garage in half side to side leaving two c.2.7m x 5.6m sections (it's actually larger on one side as I'll go as close to the up and over as I can)
2) plasterboard the ceiling insulate over the top.
I'm not looking for a habitable space, just hold the temp up better and make it more comfortable working in the workshop (one half of the split)
My questions are:
Studwork - I've actually already put a bit up as it was forming a divider to hang stuff off, but I just threw up 38*63 CLS. Is this alright to continue across the garage and form into a full blown wall? The ceiling height is about 2.7m.
Anything I'm reading on Studwork is talking about 75 or 100mm x 50mm sawn timber, but then is that even actually that size?!
Electrics along the trusses - there are various cables for sockets/lights clipped along the edges of the trusses, if I'm going to be insulating between the trusses, should I be moving the cables so they're not 'insulated'? I have a feeling it's bad practice to chuck insulation over cabling.
Any input appreciated.
Thanks