Part converting garage to office, soundproofing/insulation recommendations

Rob200sx

Rob200sx

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In a couple of weeks I'm hoping to start work on our garage, it's not a massive space, (L) 4.7m x (W) 2.4m x (H) 2.4m and forms part of the house, with uncovered breeze block walls and on the other side of these walls, it is insulated by quite thin styrene style panels and plasterboard dot n daub. I won't be touching the 'other' side, no need to. But I'm wondering what I can do with soundproofing & insulation once I've put the studding for the walls in place for the office side?

What would peeps recommend?

I'm going to divvy up the garage so the office portion is (L) 2m x (W) 2.4m x (H) 2.4m

thanks!
 
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Seems very similar to what I am currently in the process of doing. Set up a little thread of the progress here https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/little-garage-conversion-the-dog-house.18783807/

Whilst I haven't gone down the process of real soundproofing as such, I have used rockwool as the insulation within the stud wall which does create some soundproofing anyway.

I still need to add some draft excluder strips to the door going into the garage part but with the door and window shut the sound proofing is just as good as any of the other parts of the house.
 
insulation options are really rockwool as Ging has suggested or you can use the rigid stuff.
Rigid is more expensive but has better "U" values for a given thickness.

what I found recently whilst "converting" my loft was that generally products that insulate thermally don't do so well acoustically, and vice-versa.
 
BigBoy said:
To convert fully requires change of use and planning regs
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will also add value to your home as it's an extra area of usable living space. some people are ***** though and try and class them as another bedroom and suddenly their 3 bed is now a 4 bed after a garage conversion. when in reality it's just another living room or office, etc.
 
A lot of people don't always see it that way. My wife's family are builders and quite often they ask why not the whole garage. And it's purely because off road parking is a premium around here and a garage makes the house more sellable.
 
BigBoy said:
To convert fully requires change of use and planning regs
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not always - I did mine as my property still had "permitted development rights" and nothing other than a building works permit was required. Check with your local council/building office.
 
BigBoy said:
A lot of people don't always see it that way. My wife's family are builders and quite often they ask why not the whole garage. And it's purely because off road parking is a premium around here and a garage makes the house more sellable.
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do you not have a driveway? i have enough space on my driveway to fit 4 small cars so no need for my garage to store a car. i don't know anybody who uses their garage for their cars. although my previous owner did however he had an elise with no roof so if he left it outside it would have literally filled with water.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
do you not have a driveway? i have enough space on my driveway to fit 4 small cars so no need for my garage to store a car. i don't know anybody who uses their garage for their cars. although my previous owner did however he had an elise with no roof so if he left it outside it would have literally filled with water.
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We have one space off road and no garage, houses with bigger parking areas or a garage average an extra £50k in this area. Off road parking is a premium here.
 
We're not short of driveway parking, and you can get 4/5 cars on it, so we don't need the garage for car storage, but we do need to keep some of it for the bikes, chest freezer, shoes, coats and tumble drier. So the front half is more utility with the rear being office space.
 
Yours is looking good! How are you finding the space? Any plans to add more to the room?

I've had the wood delivered, but havent had time to get started properly. Hoping to do so next weekend, I have spent far too long pondering than is reasonable, what fixings for the cls to use.
 
We have a garage on our 1996 property, although you can get a car in there, you can't really get out of it once it's in there.

I say convert it completely if its anything like that.
 
I'm looking for a cheap way to insulate my garage door while still keeping it useable.

Any of you guys done anything like that to keep drafts / noise out?
 
You can literally tape insulation to the door and use rubber excluders rounds the sides... But if you're spending ££ on the conversion may as well buy a proper insulated wooden/pvc door and replace the thin steel up and over.
 
So here's a bit of a plan for the back part of the garage. Haven't fully decided on office layout (open to suggestions!). Have just started putting up the frame.

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Rob200sx said:
So here's a bit of a plan for the back part of the garage. Haven't fully decided on office layout (open to suggestions!). Have just started putting up the frame.

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Looks good, are you going to have a computer and desk in there as at 2m that doesn't seem enough room to move around? Well minimal?

Also stud wall? Wooden frame with the stud attached with insulation in between?

Gaining ideas of what to do for my house now.
 
It should be big enough, pc can go on top of the desk (it has fancy lights, so worth considering) or under it (plenty of room)

When you stand in the pace, it feels larger than it looks on paper, even with imagining the furniture in.

Stud wall, insulated with a wooden frame. I'm hoping to complete the frame this weekend, will make sure I get some pics sorted.
 
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