I've got a lounge above an integral garage, and the door of the garage faces into the prevailing wind.
The house was built in the mid 1990s, I assume to all current building standards of the time; the lounge has chipboard flooring panels on top of the joists, the garage has what appear to be standard plasterboard panels nailed below the joists. I assume there's insulation between.
The plasterboard panels down below have a 1-2mm gap to the brickwork of the garage wall. Up in the lounge, there's a gap between the skirting boards and the chipboard flooring. It's carpeted in the lounge, with the carpet secured and folded over grippers at the edge, but
In windy weather, I get draughts in the vicinity of the skirting.
Does the gap between plasterboard and wall in the garage HAVE to be kept? Does the space around the joists need to breathe?
Essentially, is there any reason why I shouldn't run a bead of silicone sealant all the way around the edge of the garage to stop the draught?
The house was built in the mid 1990s, I assume to all current building standards of the time; the lounge has chipboard flooring panels on top of the joists, the garage has what appear to be standard plasterboard panels nailed below the joists. I assume there's insulation between.
The plasterboard panels down below have a 1-2mm gap to the brickwork of the garage wall. Up in the lounge, there's a gap between the skirting boards and the chipboard flooring. It's carpeted in the lounge, with the carpet secured and folded over grippers at the edge, but
In windy weather, I get draughts in the vicinity of the skirting.
Does the gap between plasterboard and wall in the garage HAVE to be kept? Does the space around the joists need to breathe?
Essentially, is there any reason why I shouldn't run a bead of silicone sealant all the way around the edge of the garage to stop the draught?