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Yeah think I'll run some sort of water/damp proof membrane against the wood to be safe - thanks for the advice. No real reason for sunken sockets, other than the garage is going to be more of a comfortable space so would prefer not to have surface mounted. I think I will run the wiring behind...

Yeah it will be plasterboard on top and a radial circuit for both lights and sockets

How would people overcome the issue in the attached photo? For 3 out of the 4 garage walls I will be able to use a void behind the insulation boards to run cables and have them come through the back of my back boxes which will be fixed to noggins. The front wall however does not have enough...

Was more so for testing once I had the last socket in place. Am I right in thinking testing the last socket in the chain will indicate that the radial circuit is sound?

Yeah that's what I had meant to say :)

I am installing a few sockets in my garage before plasterboarding. I had hoped to keep the cable intact and poke through the back box cut out but it looks like it will need to be cut and the two cables fed through separately. Am I right in thinking I can use Wago connectors to connect the...

Yeh walls and floor will both be done too. Will be framing out the walls leaving a gap between the wall and insulation. Will then place Kingspan between the timbers, foamed in where needed and vapour sealed with foil tape. Plan is to use 50mm for the walls which will hopefully be enough. As...

Cheers. Definitely like the sound of cheaper. Would this be as effective as 100mm board? Assuming any condensation that did form above the loft roll wouldn't be enough for me to worry about it coming through to the board?

I will be insulating and boarding my garage to make it into a more comfortable space for working at home. I have a pitched roof garage which I want to insulate and board at ceiling level, but how am I best to go about this? I am also wanting to install downlights which I will need to take into...

Thanks for the reply. The garage will only be used whenever I'm in there hitting balls in my golf simulator, so doesn't need to be anything more than just taking the edge off and allowing the room to heat up quicker once it has been insulated and plasterboarded. I would be relying on electric...

Hi, I previously posted about insulating my single skin detached garage with 50mm EPS board laid over battons, however I have since decided to go with a 2 x 3 timber frame to give the walls the strength I need. This will leave me with a 75mm gap to play with. I don't trust that my walls will...

Thanks. So I would be fine leaving the insulation board uncovered against the exterior wall? Planning on leaving a 25mm air gap between the board and wall.

Should have added that I'll probably use loft roll to insulate the roof and would lay this over 12mm plasterboard

Looking at insulating my single skin detached garage walls with 50mm polystyrene boards between treated roofing battons, possibly with foil therma wrap over the top for extra insulation. I would then be placing either 12mm plasterboard or MDF over the top. I'm not needing the garage to be as...

Thanks. Just to make sure I have understood this right, installing a collar tie in the upper 3rd of the roof and then attach new webs above them to replicate the previous truss system should allow the existing trusses and joists to be removed? This would be repeated for the 3 or so joists I...

Sorry, I could have been a bit more specific with what I am needing it for. I will need about 1-2ft of additional clearing to allow me to install a golf simulator, basically enough to swing a club without putting a hole in the ceiling. The opening would be central widthways but not necessarily...

Hi all, Sorry for digging up an old thread but I am interested to hear how this ended up as I am looking to do something similar but on a smaller scale. OP - did you end up going ahead with the plan similar to the ones the builder drew up and did you get the support of a structural engineer...

Any idea of an approximate cost for SE advice on this?

Thanks. I have since seen this so might look into whether it would be feasible as the roof structure seems to be similar, just on a bigger scale.

Hi, Looking to see of this is possible in theory before getting too ahead of myself with ideas. I have a single storey detached garage with an 8' 4" ceiling which I need to raise up in a small section. I think I would need to remove about 3 of the ceiling joists to give me the overhead...