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Hello. I joined this forum yesterday and left an introduction in the appropriate section. I've already received useful advice about fitting decoders into locos on the DCC part so I though I would add a question here.
I am planning a layout in a garage. My particular garage is very suitable as it is integral to the bungalow, with a door from the hallway. It has insulated double skin walls and a pitched roof with loft insulation. I only need to fit insulated boarding over the inside of the car door and double glazing to the windows (which I got from someone up the road changing theirs) for it to be really snug. Oh, and something suitable on the floor. Any suggestions on this aspect? I have a DIY book which says that it is rarely necessary to put down anything other than ordinary lino or carpet straight onto the concrete when converting a garage. This is what we have in the other rooms anyway, but I don't know whether the floors of habitable rooms would have been prepared differently.
I wonder whether anyone can help with a another decision I have to make. Should I make the layout a one-piece construction screwed to the walls of the garage? (We don't plan on moving for the rest of our lives.) This would have advantages in terms of cost and time. Alternatively should I make it in several free-standing pieces, having their own legs, permanently screwed together? This would have the advantage of being easy to dismantle, for my wife or sons to sell, when I go to operate that grand layout in the sky.
Has any been down either route and got any helpful comments? Thank you in anticipation.
I am planning a layout in a garage. My particular garage is very suitable as it is integral to the bungalow, with a door from the hallway. It has insulated double skin walls and a pitched roof with loft insulation. I only need to fit insulated boarding over the inside of the car door and double glazing to the windows (which I got from someone up the road changing theirs) for it to be really snug. Oh, and something suitable on the floor. Any suggestions on this aspect? I have a DIY book which says that it is rarely necessary to put down anything other than ordinary lino or carpet straight onto the concrete when converting a garage. This is what we have in the other rooms anyway, but I don't know whether the floors of habitable rooms would have been prepared differently.
I wonder whether anyone can help with a another decision I have to make. Should I make the layout a one-piece construction screwed to the walls of the garage? (We don't plan on moving for the rest of our lives.) This would have advantages in terms of cost and time. Alternatively should I make it in several free-standing pieces, having their own legs, permanently screwed together? This would have the advantage of being easy to dismantle, for my wife or sons to sell, when I go to operate that grand layout in the sky.
Has any been down either route and got any helpful comments? Thank you in anticipation.