Hi Guys,
So I am going to build a single skin garage. The walls will be about 5.8m x 5.6m.
I will be using it for cars, and as a workshop.
Initially I was going to use 100mm dense concrete blocks since I will be hanging a lot of things off the walls, but I am now broken over the decision since I also need some sound insulation (in the event I have loud machinery, e.g. compressor or generator), and decent thermal insulation as I will be spending quite a bit of time in there.
I don't want to do a 2 leaf build due to money constraints, time and space. I'm also not interested in batten+drywall as I need strong fixings for things like ladders, bikes, powertools etc.
I would use aircretes but not sure if anyone would build a garage out of them and since they
are usually 3.5N, I am not sure if they can hold heavy items.
I also have the choice of using cellular blocks (e.g. http://www.buildbase.co.uk/consolite-cellular-dense-concrete-block-02801679R.jpg) but I haven't seen them used much so I don't know of any caveats I should be aware of.
Thoughts?
So I am going to build a single skin garage. The walls will be about 5.8m x 5.6m.
I will be using it for cars, and as a workshop.
Initially I was going to use 100mm dense concrete blocks since I will be hanging a lot of things off the walls, but I am now broken over the decision since I also need some sound insulation (in the event I have loud machinery, e.g. compressor or generator), and decent thermal insulation as I will be spending quite a bit of time in there.
I don't want to do a 2 leaf build due to money constraints, time and space. I'm also not interested in batten+drywall as I need strong fixings for things like ladders, bikes, powertools etc.
I would use aircretes but not sure if anyone would build a garage out of them and since they
are usually 3.5N, I am not sure if they can hold heavy items.
I also have the choice of using cellular blocks (e.g. http://www.buildbase.co.uk/consolite-cellular-dense-concrete-block-02801679R.jpg) but I haven't seen them used much so I don't know of any caveats I should be aware of.
Thoughts?