Recent content by lora272

Thanks Tony, I was thinking of this but was worried about the structural support for the inner wall, but maybe the extra ties on the end will be enough. Ill keep that in mind about he builders

Yes, its single leaf. Do you think that a timber frame construction with a brick outer leaf would be a better design for the new parts rather than the traditional brick and block? That way the shared wall could just have some rigid insulation and plasterboard added and there is not an inner...

Yes, it is the connecting of the walls that is the problem for the thermal bridging. I was hoping there might be a way to do it without having to demolishing the existing garage wall.

But doesnt the blue inner layer need to tie into the existing red wall for support, it cant just float there. Or Ive just thought should there be an extra leaf added to the existing such as the new image, that way the insulation would be continuous? But then I guess the foundations would need...

The new inner block layer meeting the old outer brick layer would thermal bridge I believe. Here is a diagram, pink being the insulation, blue the new inner layer of the extension, red the old external layer of the garage

I am drawings the plans for a client who is having a small room, a gym (10msq) added onto the back of their garage. The new room will be sharing the existing wall to the rear of the garage. The garage is not insulated, and adding insulation and plasterboard to the gym side of the wall will...

They are a bad influence, I know :D

I will take a look at these books. I have a lot to learn, but its pretty interesting :)

Thanks for your reply, its been very helpful and I will look at the link. You're right, I need to look into this is much more detail and be able to give more information on the plans.

I am doing some drawings/plans for my parents, who are having a loft conversion and a rear single storey extension done. I would be really grateful if you could give some examples of what are some building regulations I should be aware of which would be relevant to drawing up the plans? I'm not...