brendan_bjg
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Hi,
I want to build a stud partition wall in our garage. We have only bought the house, and the garage has only finished being built around 2 months ago.
I want to partition the garage into office, and storage/garage area. I will be apply a DPM on the entire floor.
I have a few questions, and it would be great if I can get any help (zero experience with this sort of thing!):
1. The floor is polished concrete, it's been drying for about 2 months. Some items in the garage are still a bit damp to touch. Do I need to give it more time, or is it safe to start work since I will be putting down a full DPM?
2. I can only fix the sole plate and side studs, I cannot fix the top plate to the ceiling. Do I need to be concerned about piercing the DPC in the external facing garage walls? Do I need to run DPM between the timber vertical studs, and the external facing wall?
3. I plan to fill the holes created by fixing the sole plate, just to ensure no damp comes up through them. I don't think I will screw down far enough into the concrete to breach the DPM under the concrete floor, but just want to be 100%.
I can't fix the wall to the ceiling because it's going to run under the garage door. The wall will be just shy of 6ft, so I think fixed sole and vertical studs would be strong enough..
Thanks for all your help, some photos attached.
Brendan.
I want to build a stud partition wall in our garage. We have only bought the house, and the garage has only finished being built around 2 months ago.
I want to partition the garage into office, and storage/garage area. I will be apply a DPM on the entire floor.
I have a few questions, and it would be great if I can get any help (zero experience with this sort of thing!):
1. The floor is polished concrete, it's been drying for about 2 months. Some items in the garage are still a bit damp to touch. Do I need to give it more time, or is it safe to start work since I will be putting down a full DPM?
2. I can only fix the sole plate and side studs, I cannot fix the top plate to the ceiling. Do I need to be concerned about piercing the DPC in the external facing garage walls? Do I need to run DPM between the timber vertical studs, and the external facing wall?
3. I plan to fill the holes created by fixing the sole plate, just to ensure no damp comes up through them. I don't think I will screw down far enough into the concrete to breach the DPM under the concrete floor, but just want to be 100%.
I can't fix the wall to the ceiling because it's going to run under the garage door. The wall will be just shy of 6ft, so I think fixed sole and vertical studs would be strong enough..
Thanks for all your help, some photos attached.
Brendan.