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I believe I asked a similar question a while ago but I've somewhat changed my plans to a less permanent solution and just have a couple of slight worries about ventilation and heat retention if anyone is able to advise please. I'm not planning to change use of my garage as I currently have it...

I want to seal and insulate the tiny gaps around my garage door frame from the inside. I have a standard single-width up-and-over metal garage door. I noticed that the frame has been bolted into the brickwork and the tiny gaps haven't been sealed. What's the best way to ensure a good airtight...

to make it a bedroom the garage is attached so the house side (lhs looking in) is cavity wall the rhs is single block the rear is single block to maintain the area we use for laundry the bedroom will not be the whole depth of the garage so there will be a cross wall between the bedroom and the...

Hi - We have a semi-internal garage where the back end has previously been converted to a utility room accessed from inside the house. From inside the house you wouldn't know you was in the garage except for the cold. The insulation, if there is any, seems to be really lacking between the...

Hi all, So after lots of planning I just can’t justify the expense of a brick garage. So, I’m going to be getting a sectional garage. I’ll partly be using it as my office, partly to store my bike, partly to use for other hobbies. So it’ll be getting a lot of use. With that in mind, I’m...

Hi all, I am doing a detached garage conversion and trying to find wall insulation requirements. It is a single leaf cavity block wall, rendered inside and out. The general advice I can find is if it's single leaf, to create frame on inside creating cavity between wall and insulation. My...

Insulated Internal Cladding of an outside Garage I am in the process of refurbishing my outside garage, which has one external door and a typical normal garage door. I have read about the problem of damp and am concerned. I am proposing to put Self leveling compound on the floor to seal the...

Just moved in to a 1950 build house and was hoping someone could give some advice. I’m a long time reader of the forum but this is my first post! I’ve started working on a room in the house which I believe used to be the garage - which has been converted into a room attached to the house at...

I need to insulate the suspended floor between the garage and the bedrooms above. The joists ar 220mm deep so there is plenty of room for insulation. The floor area is roughly 21 m sq. I could fit 100mm celotex in the voids, or for significantly less money I could get 200mm loft...

Hi Folks, Moved into a 1930s place last year that has solid walls. CH is on already and it's still bl**dy freezing! Anyway, one room is above the garage. It has a timber floor on joists which are suspended above a poured concrete slab (garage ceiling). Half of the wall of the room is also...

I am putting up some stud walls in my garage and am just trying to decide what to use for insulation. It is only for a work / hobby area so does not need to be particularly warm. I have seen the below and like the sound (no pun intended) of the acoustic insulation. Would this offer ANY thermal...

I've got to insulate a detatched garage flat roof that I'm turning into a studio/workshop. At the moment the roof is just felt covered ply, sitting on top of the 8x2s. I have aquired enough 100mm celotex to insulate the whole roof but I'm unsure wether to place the boards so that they are flush...

We've moved into a house with a double sectional concrete garage. Structurally it is sound, it needs a new roof, its ugly and it sweats like hell. We had a price for knocking down and rebuilding in brick but we can't really afford it and it is ages before we can be fitted in. So I'm thinking...

I've got a concrete garage - one of those lifesize-Bayko-type-construction ones with panels slotted into uprights. Alborough is the make, but I think "Marley" has become the generic term. I don't use it as a garage, and I was planning to remove it, and replace it with a good quality wooden...

Hey all, I have a standard size garage attached to a neighbour's garage on one side and with a door through from my kitchen on the other. I'm planning to insulate and plaster board the walls, put in an insulated garage door and use it as a utility/storage space. All advice welcome! First...

Hi all, I had my kitchen/garage extension done a month ago and now that winter is upon us the kitchen is freezing. The kitchen has now been extended to the back of my garage. I initially had a lean to between the house and garage but I got rid of this to make the garage bigger. Everything was...

I'm renovating my garage that currently has concrete floor, my garage floor is level with my house floor currently. I'm looking for the cheapest possible way to insulate the floor without having to put timber frames down or dig up the concrete. Could anyone point me in the direction of the...

Hi All, Have received some brilliant advice on here before so hoping to get some again. Scenario Living room/hallway above undercroft garage currently has 100mm Rockwool or similar between joists. Garage is completely uninsulated so you can imagine how cold living area is, especially with...

My parents house has an integral garage with a room above it ( used to be my room ) I'm pretty sure there is no insulation in the ceiling of it, from when we added some sockets.. the room above is not heated and was always fairly chilly.. could I put some 2x6's at right angles under the...

Hi, recently moved into house were the kitchen is directly over the garage. The kitchen is heated, has cavity wall insulation, has a flat roof (which I think is insulated. However the floor feels cold as it is essentially an exterior wall? I am thinking that attaching some polystyrene sheeting...