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Waterproofing semi submerged limestone garage walls

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Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum.
I currently have a separate double garage with a concrete floor, limestone walls with brick on top which is semi submerged, as can be seen in the pictures.
What I want to do is convert at least one side of the garage into a clean workshop space with a timber floor and timber paneled walls, including replacing one of the roller doors with a wall and window. So basically building a timber room within the garage space.
My problem is the damp/water seeping through the limestone walls as they are below the ground level and are very crumbly. So the garage is always damp and sandy.
I've had a structural engineer check it over and they said it was structurally sound.

How would I go about waterproofing the space? Would the garage need to be waterproofed or just the timber room within the space.





Any advice would be welcome.

Cheers::praying::
Wow ! You may well have to dig down outside and water-proof membrane. Then an ag drain as well.

Floor doesn't look that good either.
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