Garage conversion floor

[lialia]

Hi all,
I'm not a tradesperson and doing all this myself for the first time ever. Some advice would be much appreciated. I've had the garage door removed and a window fitter put in the replacement doors/window (didn't do that myself!)

So far I've put dpm sheet down, and I've built a timber frame, which I'm going to put kingspan into each space, then chipboard.

My questions are:
Is the dpm sheet enough?
Do I need a gap between the floor and the timber? Cos right now its laying on the dpm sheet.

I'd love to not have to take all this up again!

Thanks!

 

[motorbiking]

You've built a nice stud wall on your floor. It wasn't necessary. You could have simply laid the insulation and then boarded it.

A Guide to Constructing a Floating Floor

A floating floor is a construction where chipboard, gypsum or cement fibre board floor panels are 'floated' across the top of the rigid insulation layer. Read more to find out what insulation thickness is required and how to insulate and install a floating floor.

www.kingspan.com

What you've done is ok, it was just more expensive and less thermally efficient than a floating floor.

 

[lialia]

Thanks so much for your reply. Yeah I had a family member and a plumber already tell me this after I'd done it and so thanks for confirming! I'm gonna leave it now obviously and just go ahead with the insulation and chipboard on top. Thanks!