Nigel Watts
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My newly acquired workshop has a concrete floor which is currently at or perhaps slightly below the level of the ground outside. I want a wooden floor, up to about four or five inches higher than the concrete. The question is how to construct it and whether I should do it myself or hire a contractor.
The workshop and adjoining garage share a concrete base. The external wall appears to be constructed of two courses of bricks on top of the concrete base, then a timber frame above with weather boarding on the outside. The workshop walls (not the garage's) have an internal skin of rough plywood attached to the timber framing with (I assume - will need to check) insulation between. I can't immediately figure out whether there is a damp course on the brickwork or under the concrete slab. The whole thing was probably built about ten years ago, replacing an earlier structure.
My thinking is that I should put down some kind of membrane over the concrete, lay some joists on top, insulate in between, then nail down softwood floorboards. Is this the best approach?
I don't like the wall cladding, but I guess I could cover it with something a bit smoother.
The workshop and adjoining garage share a concrete base. The external wall appears to be constructed of two courses of bricks on top of the concrete base, then a timber frame above with weather boarding on the outside. The workshop walls (not the garage's) have an internal skin of rough plywood attached to the timber framing with (I assume - will need to check) insulation between. I can't immediately figure out whether there is a damp course on the brickwork or under the concrete slab. The whole thing was probably built about ten years ago, replacing an earlier structure.
My thinking is that I should put down some kind of membrane over the concrete, lay some joists on top, insulate in between, then nail down softwood floorboards. Is this the best approach?
I don't like the wall cladding, but I guess I could cover it with something a bit smoother.