DPC for stud wall

[don.g.irvine]

I'm building a stud wall across the middle of the garage to convert half the garage into a usable room.

The floor of the garage is concrete and is below the DPC. Do I need to worry about this when building the stud wall i.e. do I need to run a DPC layer between the floor plate and the existing concrete garage floor?

Thanks,

Don

[Lobster]

Whether or not it's mandatory, it certainly makes sense; if nothing else it will stop the timber floor plate getting damp and won't take any extra effort to fit it. Cost - about 30p? No brainer!

David

[don.g.irvine]

That makes sense. Is there a recommended way for putting fixings through the DPC to minimize any bridging?

Don

[Rob Morley]

You could bed it in mortar so it sits in a slot, then you wouldn't need to nail through.

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[Mr Fuxit]

Brickwork up to DPC level, DPC on bricks, stud work on DPC.

[Rob Morley]

Which doesn't answer his question of how to fix the studs through the DPC.

[Dave Jones]

Use frame fixings,