converting garage into utility room.

Any particular reason that both floors need to be level? Insulation etc?

 

Is there a internal door from the kitchen to the garage, if so 90mm is to shallow for building control purposes.

Not that it matters if your splitting the garage in half, so DPM, 70mm celotex and 18mm t&g chipboard flooring would be close enough for a utility room.

 

2nd that

 

I understand they don't allow 'single' steps of that size (or any?) - a trip hazard.

In any case, you surely want some insulation down there?

In which case what Phil suggests sounds ideal.

Job jobbied.

(Do make sure the garage floor is level, tho' - they sometimes slope...)

 

Phil will probably give you more accurate info, but I believe you need a garage floor to be about 20 cm lower than an internal floor in case of a fuel fire.

 

Garage floors should be 150mm below the house floor if there's an internal door, its all to do with fuel spillage/ flooding and it getting into the occupied section of the house.

 

Beat me to it.

 

Even if no vehicle will use it?, since it's being converted to utility.

 

Hardly an earth-shattering issue...

In any case, I'd have thought that the 'step' should now be betwixt the new utility room and the remainder of the garage?

Personally, I'd have the utility room at the same height as the adjoining kitchen - anything else is chust plain daft.

Especially as the addition of insulation and a solid chipboard floor will do the job of levelling it all out nicely.

 

I thought it was 100mm.

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

??? How would you get 100mm, each brick course is 75mm hence the 150mm, same dpc on the outside.

 

Well one brick and two half-inch mortars is 100mm.

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

And how many degrees?

 

No its not, one brick 65mm, 2 half inches, 26mm, total 91mm. Or 22.5˚

 

Handy just don't know when not to get involved does he?....Still...keeps us amused.