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Higher floor would start to be a trip hazard unfortunately. I'm going for 12mm XPS and 18mm P5 chip boards I think. Seems the best solution for the space I have. Should I glue the t&g on a floating floor?

My garage workshop is nearly finished and the floor is the last thing I need to sort out. Now the sills and doors are fitted, I have a better idea of how much space I have to put down some flooring. Originally I didn't think i'd have much depth and was just going to have bare concrete with a...

Some builders will fit exactly to the spec you ask them to quote for and not query anything along the way, so if you didn't mention vents explicitly then they will not fit and won't ask either with the assumption being you know what you're asking for. Other builders will ask questions as they go...

My engineer suggested this scenario could cause problems so when we had the pre-planning visit I asked about this and was told by the planner that my council don't do that. Knock down and rebuild is not considered a new build here, so the new garage could be of the same dimensions as the old one...

The doors finally went in today. Had a bit of a nightmare as the builder refused to fit them as they are steel, even though he'd been told I was ordering steel security doors. Took a while to find someone who was willing to fit doors he hadn't personally supplied, but all sorted now. Only issue...

You shouldn't need to complete to know how old it is, your searches should have confirmed when it was built etc. if the Estate Agent details didn't say. If it's not in any paperwork ask your conveyancer.

Confirmed with the roofer that the ridge is ventilated and the felt is breathable, so he said to leave a 50mm air gap if I fit roof insulation. Rafters are 150mm deep so can fit a full 100mm if wanted.

The render is finished as of last friday. There's not much room for floor insulation, although I won't know for sure until the doors have been fitted. I'll be surprised if there's >10mm though, so I was intending to just put down rubber mats and not much else. Walls and roof i'm looking at...

On question 1 I got in touch with Celotex to see what they'd recommend for the insulation, and their recommendation was to not bother insulating it at all, as it's unheated and therefore pointless. However, i'd not considered heating in much detail yet and thinking on it feel that this would...

I'm nearing the end of my garage rebuild and need advice on various aspects as I'm largely clueless about them and have done a ton of research but in a loop of contradictory info. For background, I had a 1930s detached garage that was damp and dangerous as the walls were bowing outwards, plus...