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New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 09 Aug 2019, 10:58

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd start a thread to document my new Shed/Workshop/Cave, and of course try and draw upon the knowledge in this forum to make sure I don't cock it up !

In true ass about face fashion, I've had my plans approved before actually working out the fine details but I'm hoping with a lot of reading and advice they will soon become clear.

The approved plans are to build a Shed/Workshop to the rear of my existing double garage (As below). Dwarf wall (3 courses) with timber frame on top, insulated, clad in feathedge stained black and slate roof.

Once built, grinder out to cut in a door to the rear of the garage, lintel, frame and door to lead into the garage which will be partitioned off with stud work. Sounds easy ? :D

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The site !
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Clearing
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9 inch base with DPM
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To give some context this clearance and slab work had all been done last year, and well before I found this forum.

Having read MikeG's and others threads I'm inspired to get my ass in gear and this leads me to my first question.

You'll see in the photo below that the DPM is only just large enough on 3 sides to lap up over the slab (about an inch over the top). So my first question is what now ? Do I just leave the DPM under the slab, then DPC on top of the slab, brickwork, DPC, then soleplate ? Or should I try and connect the DPM to some DPC before I start laying the brickwork so it laps up the side of the concrete like in the picture ?

I'm conscious I need get this part right before I start laying bricks !

Thanks for any help you feel like providing !

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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby will1983 » 09 Aug 2019, 13:31

Welcome Bulla,

Cracking project and you look to have made a great start!

Regarding the DPM question, my understanding has always been that it is best to trim the DPM where it emerges from underneath the slab rather than lap it up the side. By lapping up the side you would force any moisture directly down and under the slab. It is better to leave the side of the slab exposed to allow any moisture than may get on it to evaporate naturally.

The DPC should not be under the bricks, they should be directly down on the top of the slab. Your DPC would be between the brickwork and the sole plate of the timber potion of your superstructure.

It is usual to roll the DPC out on a bed of wet mortar immediately before fitting your sole plate, this will account for any irregularities in your brickwork or timber and provide full support along it's length. Use wedges under the DPC to get the sole plate perfectly level until the mortar has gone off. Once cured remove and point up where your wedges were.

Obviously both these details rely upon the surrounding ground level being low enough to prevent any damage caused by wicking or splashing. I think 150mm is the accepted minimum.

Good luck with your project and I'm looking forward to seeing more progress!

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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 09 Aug 2019, 15:52

Thanks for the reply Will, much appreciated.

That makes total sense. I suppose my idea of building the earth back up around the plinth afterwards is a bad idea then ? I just thought aesthetically 9 inches of concrete isn't the nicest thing to look at ! :lol:

I assume I can still use a DPM internally on top of the concrete to then lap up the inside of the brickwork as per MikeG diagram ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Malc2098 » 09 Aug 2019, 16:43

Nice.

You could always dig a small trench around the base and backfill with pea shingle. Worked for me.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 11 Aug 2019, 10:07

Malc2098 wrote:Nice.

You could always dig a small trench around the base and backfill with pea shingle. Worked for me.
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Thanks Malc, and no damp issues for you I assume ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Malc2098 » 11 Aug 2019, 16:02

None. The shingle sits on the top of the excess of the concrete footings. I think they’d encourage drainage rather than earth / soil.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 11 Aug 2019, 16:34

bulla wrote:........ I suppose my idea of building the earth back up around the plinth afterwards is a bad idea then ?.......


Will has it about spot on. It is imperative that you keep the top of the concrete slab exposed above finished ground level. I recommend 50mm, but treat that as a minimum. Soil levels have a tendency to creep up over the years, especially where there is planting involved.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 11 Aug 2019, 20:07

Mike G wrote:
bulla wrote:........ I suppose my idea of building the earth back up around the plinth afterwards is a bad idea then ?.......


Will has it about spot on. It is imperative that you keep the top of the concrete slab exposed above finished ground level. I recommend 50mm, but treat that as a minimum. Soil levels have a tendency to creep up over the years, especially where there is planting involved.


Thanks Mike (Will and Malc too), I think I'm right in thinking Job Order is as follows

1. Trim back DPM to edge of concrete slab.
2. 3 courses of brickwork (minimum)
3. DPC
4. Soleplate

Next question then. If my slab is already down, can I anchor the soleplate into the brick with appropriate fixings, or should I look to use the steel strap method but use some concrete bolt type fixings , something like these ?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-hex-head-blue-tip-concrete-screwbolt-6-x-60mm-50-pack/14044

If I bolt down to the concrete does my second DPM then go over the strap and bolts ? Before my insulation and finished floor ?

Another thing I've been thinking about is internal finish. I'd really like to have a plasterboard finish internally, does that effect my ability to use OSB ? Can I just fix my PB to the OSB or is that a no no ? If I cant could I use OSB on the External side as sheathing, and use Cellotex (taped) internally as my Vapour barrier ? Aesthetically it might look a bit odd as I'd have the width of the OSB, then my 25mm batten and then feather-edge all which leaves a gap between the feather-edge cladding and the dwarf wall.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 19 Aug 2019, 21:36

Another question ! (Sorry)

The adjoining wall from the garage has DPC but is only single skin. I'd like to build framing against this wall and insulate but I'm unsure whether its worth matching the dwarf wall of the other three walls, or whether I can just fix my soleplate to the concrete Seeing as there's no chance of moisture along this wall.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 30 Aug 2019, 08:20

You don't have to screw strapping to the concrete. It works perfectly well to screw it to the brick plinth with normal screws-and-plugs.

Plasterboard over OSB is fine. I do it all the time in houses. Don't, whatever you do, put the OSB on the outside of the frame. It's proper place is on the inside as it acts as a vapour barrier.

I wouldn't put a plinth underneath the "party" wall (to the garage). Indeed, I wouldn't put framing up there. I would screw 2x2's to the wall and insulate between them, then put another layer of 2x2's over that, the other way (ie if the first layer was horizontal the 2nd layer should be vertical), with another layer of insulation between.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 30 Aug 2019, 12:23

Thanks Mike much appreciated.

Matched and ordered my bricks at the local reclamation yard yesterday, so within a couple of weeks or so should have dwarf wall built and ready for some timber.

In regards to framing a mono pitched roof, should I be framing in a standard rectangle and then building up a frame later to meet my rafters ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 30 Aug 2019, 13:48

I think you are asking if your wall plates should be horizontal, and then the gables infilled after the roof is built. If that's right, then the answer is yes, that's the usual (and probably the easiest) way.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 30 Aug 2019, 14:37

Mike G wrote:I think you are asking if your wall plates should be horizontal, and then the gables infilled after the roof is built. If that's right, then the answer is yes, that's the usual (and probably the easiest) way.


Ha yes, exactly what I was trying to ask (badly) .

Just had a thought about my previous strapping question. I think maybe straps might be necessary after all, as I'd like to replicate your project Mike with something like these behind the brick.

https://www.mkmbs.co.uk/prodb003992-440 ... eld-block/

But I understand they don't take too well to fixings like concrete block or brick ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 30 Aug 2019, 17:04

With the right screws you can screw directly into those blocks, without the need for plugs.Just be careful not to over-tighten.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 23 Sep 2019, 15:54

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Not much to report but bricks have arrived along with sand and cement. One stumbling block (Pardon the pun) is that it appears 50mm blocks are rare as hens teeth within a 100 mile radius of here, so I'm trying to think of alternatives.

Mike I like that you've used the 50mm block to reduce the overhang of the cladding but also because it provides a little insulation for that 9 inches or so at the base of the dwarf wall.

Have I got any alternatives to using 50mm block but achieving the same effect both visually and for insulation ? I suppose I could use a 100mm block and rework the timber detail ? Soleplate on the block instead of brickwork ?

All suggestions welcome ! :D
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Malc2098 » 23 Sep 2019, 16:06

For my workshop I used 100mm blocks and cut them down the middle to make 2 x 50mm blocks.

I used a hand masonry saw from Tool Station - about £15, but MikeG says that any reasonable wood saw will go through them.

I used some roofing batten 50x25 to make a little jig to make sure I cut down them straight. There are some pictures of it on my 'shop build.

I think it took me only a couple of hors to cut enough for the build.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Simon_M » 23 Sep 2019, 17:27

How much benefit do you get from having a window in the new workshop?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Malc2098 » 23 Sep 2019, 17:38

Simon_M wrote:How much benefit do you get from having a window in the new workshop?


I have daylight in the 'shop whenever I enter and it's enough to do non close work with. The windows ventilate while the door is closed. I never considered not having one.

It's placement, though, I think is critical in security terms. It should face the house where it's continuously overlooked. If it's round the back out of the way, some scrote will break in through it.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Simon_M » 23 Sep 2019, 22:30

Yes, is the back looking away from house e.g. to woodland? You don’t want your tools to go the same way.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 22 Oct 2019, 18:21

Some progress at last ! Oh and some more questions !

Finally found some 50mm thermalite blocks so got the dwarf wall and blocks in.

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So question. I'm using Kingspan and foil tape in between my timber frame instead of batts. Am I right to assume this could act as my vapor barrier and could then use the OSB for shear strength on the outside of the frame before wrapping it all in my membrane ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 22 Oct 2019, 18:34

No, you aren't right. The OSB must go on the inside.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 22 Oct 2019, 20:07

Mike G wrote:No, you aren't right. The OSB must go on the inside.


As ever thanks Mike. Care to elaborate ?
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby Mike G » 22 Oct 2019, 20:09

You don't put a vapour barrier on the wrong side of the insulation.
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Re: New Workshop / Garage renovation.

Postby bulla » 22 Oct 2019, 20:20

Mike G wrote:You don't put a vapour barrier on the wrong side of the insulation.


I was wondering more why in this case the Kingspan being foil backed, and foil taped doesn't act as the vapor barrier ?
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