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hi all, I am in the process of coverting the garage into a bar\chill out\cinema room and had an idea regarding the lighting and wanted to get peoples opions of whether this will work Basically for normal light there is 4 reccessed downlights on their own lighting circuit. My idea for...

thanks woody, would it be a good idea to put a small piece of pipe through the insulation and have the cable run through that ?

As i am in the process on insulating the garage i have got lots of good advice on here which has helped me. Now i have come to insulate the house side of the garage which also has the existing lights switches and socket on it. This is where i have run into a problem, my plans and materials...

I will be starting the insulation of the garage this weekend and have been recommend that i put a DPM on the walls. This will go against the wall and then 50mm insulation goes on top followed by battens screwed through it all into the wall. My question is that would you recommend to fix the...

This maybe be a silly question but i am insulating and lining the garage wall, this is a single skin brick which i intend to but DPM, 50mm Celotext\Kingspan\Xtratherm board on followed by 25mm battens and then finally plasterboard. Along the wall are 2 brick pillars which are therefore 2...

i did think about that but wasnt sure as becuase the PB would also sit on top of the DPM them any moisture is on other side of the DPM aka the wall\concreate side. Also if i was to put the PB on last after the ceiling and floor it will mean i need to cut ever piece of PB for lengh as its not 8ft...

its a pitched roof on the garage the cable all ready run up the trusses to go across to the other side so shoudl be no issues there :)

I had been advised to have the plasterboard go down below the floor level so that the cold spot of the wall is under the floor rather than at floor level. the wiring will be going down the batten cavity between the plaster board and insulation :) for the joints i am just going to use tap...

I am doing something similarand going with dpm on Walls and floor the 50mm xtratherm on walls secure with 2x1 battens every 400mm. After this plasterboard to ceiling and then the walls. To do the floor I am laying 75mm polystyrene sheets and then 15mm wpb plying top all floating Hope that...

another couple of questions 1) Should the insulation boards and plasterboard for the walls sit directly ontop of the floor dpm or shoudl them be raise up by around 25mm 2) Where the ceiling and walls meet how should i seal the gap, with joint tape, caulking etc

I can find it on screwfix for £5 a roll

with regards to the ceiling were you meaning that i insulate and batten the walls first and then put the ceiling plasterboard on before the wall plasterboard ? still not sure on the plaster skim coat as i am on a budget here hence just taping and painting its was the wifes ides lol :lol:

would would you recommend doing the ceiling first ? if i do this it means the plasterboard on the ceiling is going to be butted up to the naked brick wall doesnt it ? i was going to use corner joint tape on the only 2 external corners, the tape that has 2 metal strips inside it. No need for a...

ok after reading lots and get some advice on here i have come the following plan of action. Step 1 - Walls 1) Cover walls in DPM sheets temporary fixed with a batten at the top and batten (25x50) running along floor. 3) Place Xtratherm 50mm boards on to the wall wedging between the upper...

its not a workshop more of a man space to chill out in over a beer or two etc lol i was planning on putting a DPM sheet on the wall then the insulation board which is foil backed, tape seams, batten on top fixed through insulation board and then plasterboard.

Ok as part of my project to make the garage into more of a man space and bar i am insulating and boarding the walls and ceiling for which i have think i have a plan and some good adive from woody on here. The next stage is to look at the floor, currently this is a pour concreate slab, which i...

Having thought about it and read a bit more would this be a better way to do the walls, i also realised i had not left anywhere in my original plan to run wiring unless it ran down the side of a batten. 1) Cover walls in either liquid sealer or poly sheet 2) Place 50x50 battens at top and...

Alas it will be manually done so either masonary nails or what is hammer fix ? also did you see my second post about using a liquid dpm instead ?

woody, would i be better just painting all of the walls and floor with this http://www.wickes.co.uk/Liquid-Damp-Proof-Membrane/invt/241218 rather than using poly sheets ?

thanks woody and fully understand, in terms of fixing the battens to the wall what fixing\method would you recommend as obvisouly this will puncture the DPM. Also i will be putting a floor in as well as currently its a concreate slab, the intention was to put a DPM/DPC down that will lap up...