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Hi All , Great forum BTW lots of lost hours reading many differing posts amazing what you can learn . My situation is as follows . I have a 1960's semi with a brick single skin attached garage with a concrete floor which slopes severely back to front approx 8" fall over 12' and a cold flat...

Thanks guys much appreciated for all your help Glenn :lol:

Hi Ree , thanks for your response , can I just confirm DPM/insulation/plywood? thanks Glenn

Hi all I am wanting to insulate my garage that is single skin brick . My question is do I battern out then insulate (25mm kingspan) cover with vapour barrier then plasterboard or vapour barrier / kingspan/ plasterboard ? also is it necessary to leave a gap between the wall and...

Hi all , I hope someone can offer advise on the following . I have a solid concrete garage floor (with no dpm) I am wanting to insulate with 25mm kingspan and fit a new plywood floor on top My question is do I put the membrane then the insulation then the plywood (18mm) on top or...

Hi All , Great forum BTW lots of lost hours reading many differing posts amazing what you can learn . My situation is as follows . I have a 1960's semi with a brick single skin attached garage with a concrete floor which slopes severely back to front approx 8" fall over 12' and a cold flat...

Thanks guys for your responses , I will go with the junction box idea as I've no spare connections in the main panel , if one goes faulty I will use a process of elimination to establish which one is faulty , Thanks again Glenn

Hi all , I hope someone can point me in the correct direction . I have recently had the garage door replaced with french doors and wish to connect a new magnetic contact to this door . the garrage currently has two contacts in there a pir and a magnetic contact to the rear door. these are both...

Thanks very much for your responses it has helped a great deal Glenn

HI all , I hope someone can help with my dilema ? I am wanting to batten out and insulate my single storey single brick skin attached garage ,the house is a 1960's semi. for use as a gym/ utility room, not a habitable conversion I have a couple of questions regarding the insulation aspect ...

thank for all your help pred , will leave the dpc course level alone !! Cheers Glenn

Thanks Pred , Do you mean not to repoint the dpc course level ?

Hi All , great forum btw I am currently repointing my 1960's semi and have a question of what to do with the mortar at thr dpc level . I am using 3 to 1 mix of sand and cement below this level , but am not sure how to cope with the dpc course . I am using a mortar rake to make sure i am getting...