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    Vapour barrier on concrete floor garage conversion

    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...
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    Why a course of bricks under stud walls in garage conversion? (Solved)

    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 &...
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    Building regs: Wooden single glazed windows plus Secondary glazing

    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...
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    Maximum Wall Height for Single skin garage with piers

    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...
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