Garage Conversion - Scotland

[alanthomaswatson]

Afternoon

Quick question please.

I'm looking at a garage conversion in Scotland and note the requirement that the u values that need to be achieved differ based on the existing building.

Is the 'existing building' the actual garage being converted or the rest of the house?

Many thanks

Alan

 

[liam86]

Hi Alan,

'existing building' would refer to the fact you are converting or extending a building rather than building a new seperate structure. So, in your case, the proposals for the garage would need to meet the U-value required of an 'existing building', which are slightly less stringent than a newbuild.
This is based on an attached garage, not sure what the requirement would be if you converted a detached space.
Also, can sometimes off-set insultation requirements by improving elsewhere, but not much point here.