Block off garage entrance to main house.

Galego

Hi,
I have been given two different quotes and ways to block off the garage entrance to my house (utility room) and create a new entrance in the hall.

One guy is going to use blocks to close off the entrance and the other guy is going to do a stud wall + plasterboard in both side.

Which one would you go for and the reasons why?

Thanks.

sydthebeat

Galego wrote: »

Hi,
I have been given two different quotes and ways to block off the garage entrance to my house (utility room) and create a new entrance in the hall.

One guy is going to use blocks to close off the entrance and the other guy is going to do a stud wall + plasterboard in both side.

Which one would you go for and the reasons why?

Thanks.

think of the fire risk.

Block all the way, don't even consider studwork.

Galego

sydthebeat wrote: »

think of the fire risk.

Block all the way, don't even consider studwork.

Garage will then be converted in a living space (playroom). Does this change things?

Also, is it stubwork much cheaper than blocks?

Poor Uncle Tom

Galego wrote: »

Garage will then be converted in a living space (playroom). Does this change things?

Of course it changes things,

but you also need to ask yourself was the garage originally built to the same specification as the house, is the same insulations and materials in the walls, floor and ceilings.

Galego wrote: »

Also, is it stubwork much cheaper than blocks?

A carpenter will say yes, a blocklayer will say no.

Galego

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Of course it changes things,

but you also need to ask yourself was the garage originally built to the same specification as the house, is the same insulations and materials in the walls, floor and ceilings.

I do not think that garage was built to the same specs that the rest of the house. Garage has no insulation and was built by hollow blocks on the external side and a smaller hollow block + dryline insulation in the inside wall (linked to house). Roof is a pre-built timber one with some insulation.

Garage floor is bare concrete and not leveled as the rest of the house (for safety reasons I guess).

Right now the access to the garage to the house is through the utility room and this wall is built by blocks with dryline insulation. I would like to close entrance off and put a new entrance to the garage in the entrance hall. Garage will be converted in living space but not immediately (in few years).

Would you still consider using masonry blocks are the most suitable and best option?

sydthebeat

Galego wrote: »

Would you still consider using masonry blocks are the most suitable and best option?

yes