Key posts: Soultree Studio Garage conversion build Queensland Australia

Substantial posts by nymo, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 33 of 73 posts are listed.

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nymo, 31 January 2007Hi there, Here is the start of my garage conversion. Trying to do the best i can on the budget ! Unfortunately only one photo came off the camera.. so I will post more…
nymo, 1 February 2007Hi Sharward, Unfortunately I had to build a frame anyway, so that the inner walls could sit on it. I have had a moisture problem in that room (it ate the carpet)so I…
rod gervais, 2 February 2007NYMO - if you have a moisture problem that you can't solve - then what you'e doing is the worst possible thing you can do. You would have been much better off to seal…
TomVan, 2 February 2007Rod, I hate to disagree with you but he said he did seal the slab. Now if he used the proper materials there is no problem. Materials today can take 25# down to 1# of…
rod gervais, 2 February 2007Tom, With all due respoect: you seemed to have missed the entire reason for his post...... he states (in response to a statement from Keith): So - his concern is about…
TomVan, 2 February 2007Rod, Sorry to ruffle your feathers there was no intent. I read your last line that said "i would remove the work and replace it with a raised slab over slab." Missed the…
nymo, 2 February 2007Hi there, Thanx for the posts guys..great discussion ! One thing (ok..many!) things I don't understand is if I put another concrete slab on top of the current one, what…
TomVan, 3 February 2007Egg on my face. I guess I/we should have asked where the moisture was coming from :oops: Lets start over. Do you have moisture coming through the floor or walls? If you…
nymo, 7 February 2007OK...in my own inimitable way..... I tried various methods of suspending the insulation , trying fishing line, wire, whipper snipper line ! I ended up using a…
nymo, 14 February 2007ok...a question about the floor (again I'm confused) Should i now put the two layers of 3/4in mdf down and then attach the steel frame to that floor ?? As in picture 1…
knightfly, 14 February 2007First, since you're obviously going ahead with the wooden floated floor - your insulation needs to be a bit thicker, at least in the middle of each joist cavity, so that…

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sharward, 15 February 2007Maybe. I just don't want to state anything too authoritatively because you're going about this in a way that I would not do so myself. (Actually, in a way that I had…
nymo, 16 February 2007Thanx for your advice Sharward, You maybe wondering on my motives for all this, but this will be a temporary room..2 or 3 years max and will later become a live room(or…
nymo, 17 February 2007Ok...first layer floor is going down...this is a glue'n'screw ! Jimmy and Marty are doing the work. I've attached a photo of the join...does that need to be…
nymo, 20 February 2007Hi Sideshow, Thanx for your reply :) I am still stuck at the flooring stage. (Ok Don't laugh) :( I have put the first layer of yellow tongue..but someone has told me…
nymo, 26 February 2007Thanx Sideshow for your help (Love the web site BTW !) Ok..got some good advice from a studio designer here in Brisbane. The second layer of floor is on. I am on the job…
nymo, 2 March 2007next step...covering the windows As you can see in the larger window, the builder has siliconed sealed the first 5/8 mdf in. He has then glued 3 in insulation onto the…
nymo, 5 March 2007ok..this weekend the windows got covered over. a layer of 5/8th mdf was siliconed into the window frame and then insulation was glued to that...then 2 layers of 5/8 were…
nymo, 13 March 2007ok next stage ...the frame. Also from the book of " How not to do it" ! :wink: It is a steel frame and i had the idea of using the hat channel (or whatever its called)…
nymo, 30 March 2007for those of you still interested.... The wall insulation is now up. The electrical has gone in. A small a/c unit should be in by the weekend. The builder is…
nymo, 1 April 2007Thanx Ro, Its good to get some encouragement :) Where that Samsung airconditioner is now, will be a sony 3348, 48 track digital tape machine. the hole in the wall that…
nymo, 1 May 2007Hi there, A couple more weeks go by...a bit more gets done :wink: The walls have all been drywalled and the iso box has been put in place. This will house the console…
sharward, 3 May 2007That is not going to work, nymo. Anytime you build habitable space (and you are) without operable windows, you must have "mechanical ventilation" supplying fresh air…
sharward, 3 May 2007I'm not a health expert, but I've been told by multiple construction experts that it's illegal and unhealthy, and that's all I need to know. That being said, I just…

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nymo, 12 May 2007Uhh..Thanx for the discourse Sharward :roll: The mudder came in and did his thing...sealed all the correct joins with the caulk. Tomorrow he comes to put the second…
nymo, 13 May 2007Hi Dirk, Thanx for your concerns..i will look into it at some stage soon. The professional setter came around today(Mothers Day) and put the second layer on the iso…
nymo, 13 May 2007Hi Rod, Thanx for looking at my thread. I'm referring to the second layer of drywall that was put up today. It has about a 1/4 in gap ready for sealing. The other three…
nymo, 31 May 2007Hi Govinda, Yea...a reply (us Australians are a friendly bunch!) Yeah... I worked that out after a while ! (You know what tool means in Australia !!!) It was done by a…
nymo, 31 May 2007hi Rod, Thanx for your reply. Let me clarify....the original drywalling was done by a "mate" and he left up to a 3/4 in gap in places. Then I got the pro in to do the…
rod gervais, 1 June 2007Nymo, I don't know what to do about a gapo that big except for to cut back the drywall and fill it back in with the proper gap. The reason we say a caulk joint of 1/4 to…
nymo, 4 June 2007hi there, I had the roof plastering re aligned from a couple of years ago. All the walls have been painted (still need another coat) and the laminate floor boards are…
nymo, 13 June 2007Hi there, Still haven't got a door..the guy never showed...apparently coming tomorrow :shock: Most of the floor has been done and I had to get the rack in...it won't fit…
nymo, 11 August 2007Hi there...I'm back :) well..its nearly finished....thank god ! I've nearly packed away all the building tools. Still in the process of putting acoustic treatments on…