Recent content by flixton

Thanks for the reply Bonni, I'm aware I need to inform building control. My understanding of the "cold roof system" is that below the concrete roof of the garage I would build a timber frame and infill this with the correct thickness of PIR board. underneath this I would need a vapour barrier...

Thanks for the info. The new room will be heated and insulated and become part of the house. I realise that BC will need to be involved and have already looked into this. The pupose of my posts is to get as much info. as I can before I start the ball rolling. I also want to be comfortable...

Thanks for that, I've just picked up the bricks etc. and wondered whether I should be building it double for a bit of strength. I do have a tendancy to overthink things :rolleyes:.

Could this be a single skin wall (it'll end up about four brick high) or would it have to be double skin.

Hi Folks, Currently gearing up to turn half my garage into a utility/downstairs cloakroom.I received some great advice re stud walls and concrete floors on another post and I now come to how to finish the walls. Obviously one of the walls will be a new stud wall with the necessary insulation in...

Thanks Noseall, I take your point and agree. for the sake of an inch I'll go with the 25mm insulation. I can use the offcuts for my floor perimeter.

Just wondering if the 25mm celotex is necessary. I get that any additional insulation is a bonus and I get the science behind the fact that you are covering cold bridges caused by the studs. I just seems that when about 25% of the wall will be a door (fire door required I assume) through to the...

Love that tip re the resin rods! I was wondering how to fix the sole onto such a small wall without disturbing the bricks. It pulls the wall down onto the bricks rather than the bricks up to the wall..... Nice.

Great advice, simple and clever idea re putting a layer of sharp sand and cement as the final layer (I suppose I could even throw a bit of grano in) which should bond nicely to the wet concrete. I will probably leave it all a few mm below finished level and then there is always a contingency of...

Thanks Robin. My snooker is worse than my concreting! I take your point thoug.

Great advice, Does the 25mm celotex go on the new room (ie warm side) or on the cold existing garage side. I assume the OSB is just to give you something to screw kitchen units etc. to? I also assume the double plasterboard is for fire regs?

Wow, quick reply! Thanks. Good advice. I have seen loads of other posts where people brick up to dpc layer and build the stud wall off that but obviously it is a more starightforward process to just build a stud from the existing floor to the existing ceiling and then put the new floor in. I...

Hi, Hopefuly someone can offer some advice. I am about to convert part of my garage into a utility/downstairs W.C. The house is a typical late 1940’s semi with a garage on the side. The garage is 9” solid external wall. I propose to take about a third of the existing garage to form the new room...