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something like this fitted after boarding or a similar plastic one forming a shadow gap would have worked. Don't think Skimming up to the plywood would have worked, you would have staining on the boards and a crack would form with no neat way to finish it.
Both my garages are without heating which is just about bearable for a couple of hours but after that it gets uncomfortable, but the spec on your build is much higher. You can get some pretty thin electric under floor heating systems which are easy to lay but certainty more expensive than an oil filled radiator.
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Thanks. I don't know enough about plastering to be able to say what should have been done, but yeah, some kind of edge stop detail to keep them straight would have helped. I wonder if I should have put the plywood up first and let him skim onto it? It's not as bad as it looked in my previously posted pictures; I haven't put in all the screws on the top edge yet so most of the panels are bowing towards the room making it look worse. If I run out of things to do over christmas I might just take down the top panels, scrape the low points and make it more even and then put them back up. A lot of faff for some minor aesthetics though, but it is bugging me.
I didn't consider underfloor heating tbh, I assumed it would be more expensive than I was willing to spend and more work. I think I'll be happy with a roll around electric heater. Most of the time I spend in there will be work shopping so I'm moving around staying warm anyway.
Thanks for all the flooring suggestions, I have much to mull over. I think I'll do the window and door reveals next and hopefully the weather will warm up so I can stick the cladding onto the sides and free up the floor.