Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Jul 06, 2012 10:15 pm Hi all, I've been reading the forum for a little bit now and figured I should post up at some stage. Very helpful site for me so far. I've got a question regarding a highset place I own in Brisbane. Basically, the place is a typical highset, on a slightly sloping block. The house has a joist & bearer floor on stumps and the front of the house sitting on a brick wall with piers. The sides and rear are enclosed with timber slats. There is a double garage built under the left-hand side of the house with a concrete slab, but the right hand side is bare earth. I would like to replace the timber slats that enclose the sides and rear of the garage with something more secure - as it is now, you can easily see into the garage and it would not be hard to break in. I want to keep it as a garage, just close it in properly. My question - what is the best way to do this? My thoughts and recommendations so far is to frame it up with metal stud walls and sheeting with blue board (then rendering the outside or something later). I have a couple of concerns - I doubt this concrete slab has any moisture barrier - it looks original, so should I take the sheeting to the floor or are there other options?. Also, what would be the best way to finish the top of these walls - should I leave ventilation spaces up around the joists and bearers? Should I leave a pest barrier of some sort? Is mounting the metal track to the joists/bearers best practice? Do I sheet over the stumps or leave them exposed? As the garage is at the moment: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Enclosing my highset's garage? 2Oct 23, 2024 7:12 pm I'm thinking about starting the same thing at my place. It's sad that no one replied. How'd it go? Re: Enclosing my highset's garage? 3Oct 24, 2024 4:58 am If you are looking just for security, replace the timber screen with steel security screen. You don’t need moisture barrier under slab for non-habitable slab such as garage. On the other hand you would need proper strip footings on edge if you are planning to build external framed walls up to the upper floor. Don’t build framed walls directly on floating garage slab to avoid slab movement issues. I’ve seen acrylic garage doors on a few houses around here, and they do look sleek, but I can’t imagine choosing them myself. Here in Phoenix, the heat can get… 4 17243 My garage door has started playing up recently. Sometimes (and getting more frequent) when I press the button to open it, it wont. The motor is an ATA GD0-6V3. Red and… 0 14452 Thankyou! As you can see it will need new structural replacement to hold the door, replastering, painting, new anchor plate. The Torsion bars are bent, The roller… 2 8569 |