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Hey all We have thick concrete floor in the garage & are converting it to habitable accommodation. We have stabilised that there is already plastic sheeting under the slab. Plan is to put 50mm of Insulation (Rockwool RW3/5 is our choice to provide sound damping as well) followed by two...

Thanks Tigercubrider....I am never sure how much these things isolate unless we know the exact mass & the percentage compression of the strip. On a separate note, building control have accepted the solution (tanking slurry) mentioned in my earlier post instead of the bricks under all stud...

Ah...the venerable Mr Munro....We were looking for a set of main monitors designed by him but they are rather big for our 35 sq metre space.:) I am presently investigating and awaiting information on http://www.kabuildingproducts.co.uk/tanking_slurry.html (with latex addition), and the tech...

Hi Tigercubrider Presumably this method using neoprene approved by Building regulation - would you have any links for this so I can provide to my inspector? Thanks very much Fib

Thanks Tigercubrider for your tips & pointers. Our rough plan is quite similar, except that our walls are inside out so two layers of staggered plasterboard, vapour layer & some insulation will be on the outside. The stud walls will be built on the floor & then erected into position. Then the...

Thank you Tony. Is there any alternative I can maybe suggest to him? Maybe paint or line the the inside of bricks with waterproof/vapour proof layer etc etc.....

We are converting an attached single skin garage. The separate stud walls are to be built with air gap/insulation/soundbloc plasterboard etc to make a room within a room. The room will be used as a music room/home cinema/studio etc. Our investigations show the concrete slab is nice & thick &...

Dear all We are converting a 8X8 garage (lawful development) and have two wooden windows of old we would like to keep. The garage is single skin so we are making inner stud walls (room-in-a-room construction) with sound bloc plasterboard & appropriate insulation. The wooden windows are in a...

Cheers! I will bear that in mind

Thank you so much for the pointers - very helpful & reassuring. Trying to make sense. For some reason 2004 document is so much more detailed in parts. The structural engr. will hopefully soon visit the site & give his input & the Building reg guy seems to be sensible & one who tries to find...

Thanks. I did have a look on that document couple of days ago (and the older version from 2004 as well) but couldn't work out if it applies to my situation. Our garage is attached as well. Guess I will keep looking and reading - I am sure building regs will tell me & the builder when the time...

Thanks for the replies guys & gals. Another question - we have a single brick wall & if we install scissor trusses, the heel will sit on wall plate on the (exterior) brick wall. Presumably this will have implications that the wall plate can rot, especially as we live on the coast. Thoughts...

Thanks Leofric! I should have mentioned we have the insulation, ventilation, inner stud walls, floor & ceiling etc all worked out & agreed by building regs. Its just that we were thinking just raising the flat roof but are now considering dual pitch roof.

Hello all We have a single skin 7.8X7.8 mtrs double, attached garage with a flat roof. The walls are single skin brick, with piers at 2.6mtrs centres. Wall plate height is 2.3mtrs. We are converting it to habitable accommodation & are looking for options to change the flat roof to a vaulted...