Garage to gym/extra room

[Emilll]

Hello

I currently have a garage with a concrete slab, which I'm using as a gym and plan to continue doing so. However, right now, the indoor temperature is about the same as outside. I am going to build a partition wall against the garage to ensure everything is insulated, but the ceiling and wall here are insulated but 88.

Now to the question. As you can see, there are lecablocks all around. I believe these contribute to the cold? I don't think they are insulated from the outside. Is this something I need to address to keep it reasonably warm inside, or what would you do? I plan to manage with an electric heater in here.

Otherwise, I was just thinking of using OSB and possibly plaster directly on the existing structure. However, I am open to other ideas. I also want the possibility to convert it into an office/extra room in the future.

 

[Rickard.lj]

Hard to say what the insulation looks like, but the easiest is to dig a hole on the outside and see what it looks like, then you can always get e.g. 10 cm Styrofoam insulation and attach it to the inside of the leca, which should help a bit. Otherwise, it’s probably an isodrän on the outside that should be done.

 

[Emilll]

It's hard to say what the insulation looks like, but the easiest way is to dig a hole on the outside to see what it looks like, then you can always get hold of, for example, 10 cm of foam insulation and attach it to the inside of the concrete block, which should help a little. Otherwise, it's probably an isodrän on the outside that needs to be done.

Okay, and if it's insulated on the outside or if I do it, should I just plaster the inside and maybe stud and add additional insulation above the blocks?

Because I assume I can't stud in front of the concrete blocks and just put up a wall there? 10cm might be a lot on the inside + wall?

 

[Petter Forsen]

Hello

I currently have a garage with a concrete slab, and I'm using it as a gym, which I plan to continue doing. However, the temperature inside is about the same as outside. I will build a partition wall against the garage to ensure everything is insulated, but the ceiling and wall here are insulated but from 1988.

Now to the question. As you can see, there are lecablock all around. I believe these contribute to the cold? I don't think they are insulated from the outside. Is this something I need to do to make it reasonably warm in here, or how would you go about it? I'm hoping to manage with just an electric heater in here.

Otherwise, I was just planning to use OSB and possibly plasterboard directly on the existing structure. But I'm open to other ideas. I'm also considering the option of converting it to an office/extra room in the future.

Is it above or below ground?

I wouldn't use wood or insulation directly against the leca, as it can absorb moisture. I would use metal studs and an air gap.

 

[HiddenDingo]

A simple option until you want it as an extra room might be infrared heating directed towards where you usually do your training. But it doesn't work at all if it is meant to be an office or guest room, of course

 

[Emilll]

Is it above or below ground?

I would not have used wood or insulation directly against the leca, which can absorb moisture. I would have used steel studs and an air gap.

The leca is below ground, maybe I'll just plaster because if I frame in front, I'll lose quite a bit of space. However, it would look nicer that way, I think, than having it plastered 1m up and then gypsum.

 

[Petter Forsen]

Lecan is underground, maybe just plaster then because if I frame in front, I lose a lot of space. It would have looked nicer though, I think, than having it plastered 1m up and then gypsum.

Maybe put polystyrene with open texture like podrän and then plaster on the inside.