Garage conversion.

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Done a few of these over the years but never been involved from the start, just turn up and do as asked by whoever I was working for.

Need to start piecing a quote together for one and looking for pointers on planning etc and what's required to give me points to research.

Garage is fixed to house and entry will be made through a cupboard in the lounge.
First 2m of the garage will remain as garage and the remaining 3m will be office space.

Truss roof with loft space.
Brick wall between garage and new office (single or double?

Can I joist the floor or will it need screeding.

Tiling today so will be afk a lot.
Cheers lads.

 

[pressbrake1]

Screed the floor over membrane to save height and no worries about moisture . Single skin fibrolite partition wall with dot dab plaster board on office side.

 

[Bobtail4x4]

is there a window? if not you will need mechanical ventilation wired to the lighting.
I see lots of these, most lay kingspan and a floating floor, sometimes on batterns to make the level.

 

[pedrobedro]

Garage is fixed to house and entry will be made through a cupboard in the lounge.

Sounds a bit like the way to Narnia A friend of mine is retired now and does a few plans for jobs like this to keep his hand in. They are usually priced on area and the footings will need to be good as the planners will assume that they will want to put a room above it eventually even though they will probably not.

 

[addjunkie]

https://www.eden.gov.uk/planning-and-building/building-control/building-control-guidance-notes/

Some pointers in here

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Will read through everything shortly. Had an awful day finishing a diy installed kitchen and tiling.
So many bodges to work around.

 

[roofman]

Will read through everything shortly. Had an awful day finishing a diy installed kitchen and tiling.
So many bodges to work around.

I bet they used a 10 year old level that also gets used as a cricket bat too

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I bet they used a 10 year old level that also gets used as a cricket bat too

Mate I could barely fit the pelmet under the corner wall unit it was that out of level.

Had to glue it up on the deck then screw it on to bend it into place.

Tiles already installed were all over the place and had to level out my courses with wedges.

Done now and filled a hole left by delays caused by skims.

First three days this week I was working for a "qualified Carpenter" swapping worktops and re swinging doors he had already fitted. Looked like the hinges had been chopped in with a screwdriver and binding left right and center.

Looking forward to a clean slate. Second fixing a potton house for the next few weeks.

 

[roofman]

Mate I could barely fit the pelmet under the corner wall unit it was that out of level.

Had to glue it up on the deck then screw it on to bend it into place.

Tiles already installed were all over the place and had to level out my courses with wedges.

Done now and filled a hole left by delays caused by skims.

First three days this week I was working for a "qualified Carpenter" swapping worktops and re swinging doors he had already fitted. Looked like the hinges had been chopped in with a screwdriver and binding left right and center.

Looking forward to a clean slate. Second fixing a potton house for the next few weeks.

sounds like a bad week..good news is tomorrow is fun Friday