Hi everyone,
I was wondering if someone can help and advise.
I have a very old small brick outbuilding in my garden. Id say about 5m2 maybe... 1 of the walls (the back wall) of this outbuilding makes up my boundary between the neighbours garden.
I am wanting to make a soundproof studio around 15m2 this spring and knock most of the existing building down keeping the boundary brick wall and one side. Ill extend both of these in brick then build the remaining 2 sides in wood. It is already sat on a concrete base but of course ill need to pour more to make the area I need... I will lay some DPM down over the enlarged slab then put the 2 stud walls on that and connect them to the 2 existing brick walls. (how I connect the bottom of the stud to the concrete without piercing the DPM is another question!)
My main question is, these walls are just a single brick thick (maybe even called 1/2 thick in the trade!?) so they probably get very damp. Is it wise to connect the wooden walls to this in fear of damp crossing into the wood?.
the Ceiling joists will also span from the top of the existing boundary brick wall to the front new stud wall. Where the joists meet the top of the brick wont there be another case of damp moving across?.
Im an office guy but like to get my hands dirty on projects but really have no clue when it comes to dampness etc?.
Thanks in advance
David
I was wondering if someone can help and advise.
I have a very old small brick outbuilding in my garden. Id say about 5m2 maybe... 1 of the walls (the back wall) of this outbuilding makes up my boundary between the neighbours garden.
I am wanting to make a soundproof studio around 15m2 this spring and knock most of the existing building down keeping the boundary brick wall and one side. Ill extend both of these in brick then build the remaining 2 sides in wood. It is already sat on a concrete base but of course ill need to pour more to make the area I need... I will lay some DPM down over the enlarged slab then put the 2 stud walls on that and connect them to the 2 existing brick walls. (how I connect the bottom of the stud to the concrete without piercing the DPM is another question!)
My main question is, these walls are just a single brick thick (maybe even called 1/2 thick in the trade!?) so they probably get very damp. Is it wise to connect the wooden walls to this in fear of damp crossing into the wood?.
the Ceiling joists will also span from the top of the existing boundary brick wall to the front new stud wall. Where the joists meet the top of the brick wont there be another case of damp moving across?.
Im an office guy but like to get my hands dirty on projects but really have no clue when it comes to dampness etc?.
Thanks in advance
David