House Walls

[Bazile]

I'm trying to work out what i can fit in  a 3 Metre single storey extension on a semi - cupboards appliances etc .

Can anyone tell me what the depth of the walls  would be , so i can take that off the outer dimensions, in order to see what the internal width / lengths are. 

Basically, how thick are walls on a standard extension , nowadays ?

 

 

[The Builder]

Impossible to say without seeing the drawings, Baz.

Timber frame might be only 150mm.

Masonry brick/block can be anything from 250mm to 350mm.

[dustypuss]

Just measure the inside dimensions. If you still need to know the thickness of the wall 

measure the outside dimensions and see what the difference is.

[Bazile]

This is what it says on the plans TB , however i'm unsure  how thick the wall is from that info 

https://ibb.co/VS5MJr9

 

[Bazile]

The extension is not built yet . We are trying to decide if we need a 4m extension or a 3 Metre extension 

[The Builder]

That's 303mm for the masonry... plus approx. 20-25mm for the 'dot& dab' plasterboard & skim.

[Canary42]

Make it 4m, you'll only have a ongoing nagging "What If" if you go for 3m.

[Bazile]

Thanks TB

So that's 328mm approx 

What does 'dot& dab' mean , by the way ?

Also, nice to see you and others are still here - I've not been on here for about a year ( I don't suppose anyone noticed  - lol )

Canary, her indoors said we should go for the 4m extension - then said she's not sure and wanted me to see what we could fit into a 3m

 

 

 

[Canary42]

Women eh? 😀😀😀😀😀

[The Builder]

Well I missed you Baz  😀

'Dot & dab' is just a way of fixing plasterboard to the wall (instead of nails.)

A few dabs (dots) of adhesive and the board is pressed onto them.

[Bazile]

Indeed Canary :-)

[Bazile]

Thanks TB :-)

I can see that one of the things that's happened since i was on is the ability to include emoticons on a thread ( someone will have to tell me how )

I wonder what else I've missed ? :-)

[Atheist]

328mm is exactly 328mm. Are you looking for inches? If so, why? (It's about 13.5 inches, or 13 and four eighths of an inch, or 13 and 8 sixteenths, and so on ad infinitum)

You won't know what you can fit in until the thing is built. Whatever the drawings show, take it all with a pinch of salt.