Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 29, 2018 8:00 pm 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. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any advice would be welcome. Cheers::praying:: Re: Waterproofing semi submerged limestone garage walls 2Jul 30, 2018 3:29 pm 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. For your situation, you can proceed with rendering the internal walls now and apply waterproofing later when you decide on the sink replacement. However, it's important to… 2 4998 6 20529 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 26274 |