Hey all,
Whilst I've seen and read up with this site a few times figured it would be now time for me to join and ask some questions
I'm utterly hopeless with DIY, like I'll scratch my head when it comes to hammering a nail in a wall for a photo and worry in case I hit anything
Anyways......
sooo.....we bought our first home recently. It has a garage, which was initially seperated, but since had been joined up with a study in between, and an additional bedroom above the garage.
The front of the garage is a roller shutter, to the back is a door to utility room and leading into conservatory. The walls are just brick/breezeblock or whatever it is
Now in the garage and conservatory it naturally gets very cold. The upstairs bedroom is obviously cold, but heating in the house looks after that. The previous occupiers did have the garage seperated off a little, with a cheap wooden 'wall', so that there was space in the front for kids bikes etc, but the rest of the back was their "gym' area. They were meant to leave that in, but annoyingly took it out before moved, presumably to move furniture out, and then must have got rid of it.
Now I'd like to do similar, which should block some of the draft and make that garage space a bit warmer. As short term measure (making not one iota of difference ) there is an old rug taking up most of the garage floor space
I don't intend to use it for my car. It's not going to be a living space as such but would like to make it a bit more efficient and warm for kids playing, perhaps with occasional oil filled radiator use, or if went down a basic gym route
Could I please ask....
1. I've read on searching, that garages are meant to be 'ventilated' otherwise can get condensation problems. Does this still apply if its since become part of the house and with bedroom above? A small bit of ventilation should be fine, but is there any specific need that's different? Is it reasonable of me to assume I should be able to make this room a bit more habitable (without being a full conversion of garage), without causing condensation problems? Afterall, a normal house with no garage doesn't insist on having an ice cold room lol
2. There is quite a gap of air above the roller shutters, so firstly I'm wondering if there's any way to reduce that.
3. What type of wood/large sheets would I be best to get in order to make that screw in seperation wall again like the previous occupiers will have had?
4. After doing the above seperation wall, I'm thinking (assuming no potential issues to consider), that could perhaps get some sort of wall panels that would stick to the wall and act as some sort of thermal insulation too? (aswell as to the seperation wall presumably to prevent heat loss) Any ideas what type of stuff would be good for this?
Cheers
Whilst I've seen and read up with this site a few times figured it would be now time for me to join and ask some questions
I'm utterly hopeless with DIY, like I'll scratch my head when it comes to hammering a nail in a wall for a photo and worry in case I hit anything
Anyways......
sooo.....we bought our first home recently. It has a garage, which was initially seperated, but since had been joined up with a study in between, and an additional bedroom above the garage.
The front of the garage is a roller shutter, to the back is a door to utility room and leading into conservatory. The walls are just brick/breezeblock or whatever it is
Now in the garage and conservatory it naturally gets very cold. The upstairs bedroom is obviously cold, but heating in the house looks after that. The previous occupiers did have the garage seperated off a little, with a cheap wooden 'wall', so that there was space in the front for kids bikes etc, but the rest of the back was their "gym' area. They were meant to leave that in, but annoyingly took it out before moved, presumably to move furniture out, and then must have got rid of it.
Now I'd like to do similar, which should block some of the draft and make that garage space a bit warmer. As short term measure (making not one iota of difference
) there is an old rug taking up most of the garage floor spaceI don't intend to use it for my car. It's not going to be a living space as such but would like to make it a bit more efficient and warm for kids playing, perhaps with occasional oil filled radiator use, or if went down a basic gym route
Could I please ask....
1. I've read on searching, that garages are meant to be 'ventilated' otherwise can get condensation problems. Does this still apply if its since become part of the house and with bedroom above? A small bit of ventilation should be fine, but is there any specific need that's different? Is it reasonable of me to assume I should be able to make this room a bit more habitable (without being a full conversion of garage), without causing condensation problems? Afterall, a normal house with no garage doesn't insist on having an ice cold room lol
2. There is quite a gap of air above the roller shutters, so firstly I'm wondering if there's any way to reduce that.
3. What type of wood/large sheets would I be best to get in order to make that screw in seperation wall again like the previous occupiers will have had?
4. After doing the above seperation wall, I'm thinking (assuming no potential issues to consider), that could perhaps get some sort of wall panels that would stick to the wall and act as some sort of thermal insulation too? (aswell as to the seperation wall presumably to prevent heat loss) Any ideas what type of stuff would be good for this?
Cheers
