We have a lean to conservatory which is attached to our kitchen. It doesn't seem to get cold and we frequently keep the door open to this room all day and the window out there remains open 24/7 also.
It houses a washing machine and a vented tumble drier. It has a triplex roof that spans beyond it on either side (to form covered patios) so is only the one half height wall that is 'exposed' to the weather - even this is protected by a large overhang and there isn't any visible sign of water coming through the brickwork.
I dislike the brickwork finish however, so want to get a smooth plasterboard finish to these walls.
Given we don't seem to be struggling with it getting cold I'm not too worried about insulation but am however worried about decreased the size of the room as it is a pretty small room.
Is there some way I can get a plasterboard finish without the need of adding batons or adding extra depth? Ideally is there some way to acheive this with being able to use 'normal' not backed plasterboard - as we have some left over from internal plastering we've done?
I was wondering if it would be acceptable to use 18mm deep batons onto the wall with DPM running up behind the (treated) treated and then fixing over the timber that silver backed bubble wrap stuff then attaching the plasterboard over. So they'd be this 18mm airgap between the wall and the plasterboard. There is a DPC in the walls and the floor also has DPC.
is this at all acceptable or feasible?
Given the walls don't really get exposed to any direct rain and we have a DPC then water shouldn't be able to egress up the walls or through them given no rain actually contacts the brick so surely water passing through the brick - which seems to be the thing that most are concerned about with single skin brick - isn't actually a problem.
Any thought on options we could do if the above is not feasible?
It houses a washing machine and a vented tumble drier. It has a triplex roof that spans beyond it on either side (to form covered patios) so is only the one half height wall that is 'exposed' to the weather - even this is protected by a large overhang and there isn't any visible sign of water coming through the brickwork.
I dislike the brickwork finish however, so want to get a smooth plasterboard finish to these walls.
Given we don't seem to be struggling with it getting cold I'm not too worried about insulation but am however worried about decreased the size of the room as it is a pretty small room.
Is there some way I can get a plasterboard finish without the need of adding batons or adding extra depth? Ideally is there some way to acheive this with being able to use 'normal' not backed plasterboard - as we have some left over from internal plastering we've done?
I was wondering if it would be acceptable to use 18mm deep batons onto the wall with DPM running up behind the (treated) treated and then fixing over the timber that silver backed bubble wrap stuff then attaching the plasterboard over. So they'd be this 18mm airgap between the wall and the plasterboard. There is a DPC in the walls and the floor also has DPC.
is this at all acceptable or feasible?
Given the walls don't really get exposed to any direct rain and we have a DPC then water shouldn't be able to egress up the walls or through them given no rain actually contacts the brick so surely water passing through the brick - which seems to be the thing that most are concerned about with single skin brick - isn't actually a problem.
Any thought on options we could do if the above is not feasible?
