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And here is a shoddy picture showing the roof a bit better

Here's a, side view.

Interesting, thank you. I would have to measure it, however, I'm 5' 9 and I can touch it, indoors where were. 2.45-2.4 or so meters I cannot. So essentially you're saying there is probably a triangle of timber like you would see in a loft which is above this manky plasterboard. That makes sense - there must be something for the (too short!) nails to attach (poorly!) to. I wonder of those timbers could be replaced with bigger nicer onesthwt could be a feature, and we could still plasterboard the roof following the profile of the tiles. Replacing the roof isn't really someone would want to do right now. I guess I'll know more if we took a strategic plasterboard down and had a look. Whilst it will make the height lower if we insulate I guess if its skimmed and painted white it may give the illusion of feing bigger than now!

Thinking more about the height of the floor, I think it may be good to match inside and outside heights, as many do between kitchen and garden. A step up into the garden room probably isn't ideal. How can I find the information on the difference insulation makes in its different forms. One end of the scale is basically none, laying straight onto the concrete slab with tile adhesive, done. The other is as you have kindly outlined above. It sounds lame but is it basically 'it reduces cold and damp in the room'..

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. Attached is a picture of the floor and the door. We do intend to get new doors. I think critically it will depend how much we can open up the roof area, as at the moment wanting to drop an inch or two even off this height wouldn't be desirable. Also attached is a picture of the inside, please excuse the mess - this is the result of putting all the garden toot into the shed to allow someone to tile the patio, leftover tiles from two bathrooms (to be used later!) and lots of decorating equipment, as thats another project in the house! This gives you an idea of the height, incidentally, those bits that jut out, are they called piers? Thanks.

Hello everyone, we have a garden room which we would like to renovate. We have some builders lined up who have done work for us before, I just want to get clued up on our options and decide the best course of action. The room: * 5m x 7m rectangular shape * Built from breeze blocks and bricks * Concrete floor * Apex roof, tiled like a house, flat plasterboard inside * Render on the front, painted inside * Dedicated power on a separate box under the stairs etc. What we intend to do: * Tile the floor with 20mm porcelain tiles we already have, from a different project. * Replace the horrible sagging plasterboard ceiling - ideally following the roof shape to increase head height * Increase the opening from one door wide to probably 2 doors and get sliding doors. * Line the walls, probably eith plasterboard * Other bits and bobs like new lights, etc Basically make it a decent blank canvas. My main questions are around insulating it and wall materials. Floor: Solid concrete, having 20mm porcelain tiles - is it worth insulating it, if so, how? Walls: If using plasterboard, can we just use the stuff with insulation attached? - do we need anything else? Would ply be a good alternative to plasterboard, as in my view it's much better for hanging stuff off. (One part of this room will remain a shed). Roof We don't know fully what were dealing with here until its opened up, but I assume just insulated plasterboard again? I read somewhere else sbout breathable membranes, but I'm not sure how that would fit into the equation here, if at all. Any hell much appreciated, I've done some reading over the last few days and I'm going round in circles!

Many thanks, I shall try my best to produce a clear and concise post and avoid a ramble!..

Hello everyone, We're looking to renovate our brick, tile and breezeblock garden room - predominantly with builders, but decoration (at least) ourselves. I'm here to clue myself up on some specifics to make sure I fully understand what we should do. Especially around things like insulation, internal wall materials etc. Please let me know the best place I should post this on the forum and I'll do so Thanks