DIY Cellar Conversion

[andy2306]

Im converting my cellar into a games room and office, one room is 18 x 15 ft and the other is 15 x 13.

Just wondering what order i should do the works in? the cellar currently is somewhere between damp and dry, so we'll call it fairly dry.....

headheight is ok as it is, about 6'6, but if i need to add anything to the floor or ceilings, i might need to dig out, the floor is yorkshire stone flags which i could potentially sell!!

Electrics are fairly new and could be extended without problems, i have 1 rad down there but prob need 2-3 more, i have a large window in 1 room but a smaller one in the other room.

Question is, what order would i do the works in and what would i need to do in order to make a "dry" carpeted and plastered room suitable for an office and games/snooker room?

Thanks for all your responses

Andy

 

[seasickstevie]

Start by digging.

Flags on clay are never going to be satisfactory.

 

[andy2306]

ok, take up flags, and lay a new concrete floor with dpm under it?

once dry? start with the walls? epoxy paint, sand, render (waterproofer) and then skim? would that give me a dry habitable room?

Andy

 

[seasickstevie]

Rather than just concrete, you'd do well to insulate first with Kingspan or similar. Then concrete.

Or better still, concrete, insulation, then screed.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Question is, are you involving Building Control?

With regards to waterproofing the cellar it really depends what you mean by a bit damp, there are there methods essentially: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1397451#1397451