Hi Chaps,
I have a 15 year old stand alone brick garage (10cm Brick) which is single skin and has a damp proof membrane and a concrete floor. The garage has just had a new pitched roof to replace my leaking flat roof.
As we only fill the garage with junk, after some gentle persuasion I have had the green light off the missus to turn it into a games room (I think she wants me out of the house!).
What I plan to do is batten the walls and fit insulation and plasterboard then get a friend to skim it. The roof rafters would also be insulated, plasterboarded and skimmed.
My 2 questions:
The only thing that worries me is damp as the wall is single skin. There isn't a problem with damp at the moment, in fact it seems to be really dry in there but I'm wondering if nailing the battens to the wall and adding the insulation and plasterboard will bring in moisture from the bricks and eventually ruin the job?
Also the concrete floor isn't particularly level and I was thinking of tiling it. A friend suggested 'self leveling concrete'. Has anyone had any experience of this stuff and would you recommend it?
Thanks for any advice you have.
I have a 15 year old stand alone brick garage (10cm Brick) which is single skin and has a damp proof membrane and a concrete floor. The garage has just had a new pitched roof to replace my leaking flat roof.
As we only fill the garage with junk, after some gentle persuasion I have had the green light off the missus to turn it into a games room (I think she wants me out of the house!).
What I plan to do is batten the walls and fit insulation and plasterboard then get a friend to skim it. The roof rafters would also be insulated, plasterboarded and skimmed.
My 2 questions:
The only thing that worries me is damp as the wall is single skin. There isn't a problem with damp at the moment, in fact it seems to be really dry in there but I'm wondering if nailing the battens to the wall and adding the insulation and plasterboard will bring in moisture from the bricks and eventually ruin the job?
Also the concrete floor isn't particularly level and I was thinking of tiling it. A friend suggested 'self leveling concrete'. Has anyone had any experience of this stuff and would you recommend it?
Thanks for any advice you have.