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    Ceiling void advice 100mm or 150mm insulation. Void or avoid?

    ok thanks. going to go with the PL4015 - 15mm insulation and 12.5 plasterboard. Fair enough. definitely going with the thin insulation with vapour barrier and plasterboard included. TBH not sure if it needs to conform or not? When I rang building control before starting all this they told me...
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    Ceiling void advice 100mm or 150mm insulation. Void or avoid?

    I will be creating a stud wall on the inside of the garage door and insulating with 150mm celotex and insulated plasterboard. Thanks woody. I am hoping that if the 150 is packed tightbti the deck then cances of condensation forming will be minimum. Is it essential to insulate continuously...
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    Ceiling void advice 100mm or 150mm insulation. Void or avoid?

    Another question regarding my garage conversion. I am struggling with insulation for the roof. The garage is detached from the house. I have recently had the flat roof replaced with a EPDM roof. It sits on 150mm rafters. It is a cold deck roof. I was planning on using 100mm celotex in between...
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    Floating wall

    I'm converting my garage to a room. It is detached from the house but joins next port garage. Took a good look at the Walls today and it seems that where the DPC is - which is a few mm above the concrete floor I could push a hand saw through right the way in to next doors garage. I can do this...
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    Filling a pit in garage

    Don't tempt me. Filled it today with a lot of hardcore a friend of mine had and then chucked a DPM over before screwing 18mm OSB to joists. I reckon it should be fine, it hasn't had any movement in 60 years. I do have another problem relating to the garage though so I will create a new post...
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    Filling a pit in garage

    T2hanks @freddiemercurystwin for the reply. That's good news as it will save me some time there. I was wondering about ventilating the void but it's going to be impossible I think. The pit is dry ie it never fills with water however the bottom is damp because a washing machine has been...
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    Filling a pit in garage

    Hello all. First of maybe a few questions. I'm converting a detached garage to room. It has a pit in it. 2400 long by 800 wide. It is 5ft deep has a cement bottom and brick sides. It has been in the garage for about 50 years. I am going to put a floor on top of th garage concrete floor -...
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