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Garage Conversion

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  • 11-09-2006 12:31pm
    #1
    kevodaly
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭


    I live in a 4 bed semi with a garage. Thinking of converting the garage to an extra room in the near future.

    I'd like to hear from anyone who's done this or been involved in a conversion work wise.

    What are the costs likely to be ?
    The oil boiler and some piping are visible so I'm hoping to cover them up.
    The floor is about 3 or 4 inches lower so I'd like to raise that up.

    All ideas and experiences appreciated.


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    #2
    Neverends
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭Neverends


    If you think theres any chance you might want to build a bedroom on top in the future check now that the foundations and walls are strong enough for this - we had to demolish our garage and rebuild with new foundations to facilitate 1st floor.


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    ircoha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭ircoha


    the ceing is prolly concrete so this will need to be well insulated, this will reduce your ceilng height which may already be low, before u raise the floor:)

    once u get below a certin height it is not considerd a habitable room, hopefully some other poster can help here.

    Fire regs may apply to "covering up the boiler", depending on the set up


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