Garage Conversion Advice

[clarkey]

Hi All

Hoping to get some advice, I am going to convert my garage into a games room/ home office. The garage is detached from my house but joined to a neighbours. It has single skin brick walls and power from my house.

I'm having a side door cut in. Then the plan is to insulate the roof and walls (including one over the inside of the garage door that can be dismantled if needed.

Have some additional sockets installed.

Raise the floor slightly and insulate the floor.

For heating I'm thinking underfloor.

What I would really appreciate is any good links to guides on the better ways to insulate the walls and floor and times other people have done this.

Thanks

Joe

 

[Sciddleybop]

Hi mate
I've recently done mine. There's a thread showing each step on pinballinfo forum.
But basically I got rid of the metal up and over door and replaced with wooden barn style doors which were then insulated with celotex and ply lined.
I put a plastic sheet membrane down on the floor with builders paper beneath that. Then put 2 layers of 100mm celotex on the floor in opposing directions. On top of that i put tongue and groove chipboard floor. This is known as a floating floor. I then put garage floor rubber interlocking tiles over that. The walls were then celotexed and plasterboard over, as was the ceiling. In effect you now have a super insulated room. So for heating I've found a 3kw oil filled rad does the job fine. I just put it on a couple of hours before I go out and it's toasty.

That in a nut shell was mine!!

Good luck
Gaz

 

[Purity]

^ pretty much the same as mine

http://www.ukvac.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=329647&PID=757230&title=garage-conversion-arcade-plans#757230
Purity2014-02-07 14:52:10

 

[clarkey]

Thanks Guys I will take a look through what you have suggested. Out of interest did you need building regs for any of this?

 

[Sciddleybop]

It was my understanding that you only need planning if you intend to change the use of the building. Hence why I retained garage doors as opposed to bricking it up. That way if I sell the house it's still a garage. A bloody well insulated, nicely decorated with lots of sockets garage but a garage all the same!! With a slight step to get in!!

 

[Purity]

I did brick up the front of the garage, but the purpose of the building is still really the same - to store things. I don't intend living in there

 

[Sciddleybop]

Well they can't make you pregnant. So what's the worst that could happen.

 

[Darth Nuno]

Similar than my first project!

Have a look right here!