Recent content by Mosschops72

Hi All - I am converting my garage and adding 100 PIR insulation board between the pitch roof rafters. The existing timber is old fashioned 3x2 and so I need to increase the depth by adding another piece of 3x2 to the underside of existing. This gives the 50mm ventilation behind the boards and...

many thanks all for the replies, i have used a combination of approaches and it has gone very well. The Building Inspector has said the lean is likely due to the 100 yr old roof not having sufficient collar ties and over time they start to sag. I will be adding additional 6x2 collars across...

Hi All - I am currently converting my garage, the insulation spec I have is for 25mm x 47 mm battens with 62.5mm Kingspan K118 Insulated Plasterboard attached to the battens. The issue is that one of my garage walls has a slight outwards lean, i'd say maybe 5-6 cm from bottom to top, wall...

Thanks Woody and Nose, would have been helpful if I had given all the info up front (the dangers of late night posting !) This is a detached garage and fortunately I have sufficient depth to put down the screed layer to level the floor and then DPM, Kingspan TF70 and chipboard on top of the...

In fact following more googling it seems there is another option which is to use a framework of furrings and then osb on top with a dpm underneath

Thanks nose, the depth of the screed will be o less than 25mm and up to 65mm, the research I have for suggests 25mm is the minimum accepted depth. This is a detached garage btw. That’s give more info I am doin g this with building refs and in order the insulate the floor I wanted to level...

Hi All - I am converting my garage and need to level the floor as it slopes by 6cm over the 5m length of the garage. I am going to use a sand cement screed for the job however the existing concrete base was previously painted. Any advice on the best way to tackle this to ensure a decent bond...