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Location: The delightful town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Forty years ago I built a large brick and concrete-block garage, asbestos cement corrugated roof, with just one large clear panel in the middle. the clear panel is great for providing light, but it rained off that one panel. A dehumidifier soon stopped that rain, and has continued to keep the place dry ever since.
As I get older i find it difficult to drag myself out there in winter, but once busy the cold isn't a problem.
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Insulated, quilted overalls folks. Essential.
Even on a really cold day I don't notice it
Charles
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Location: Darkest Bedfordshire
Above all I recommend thermal insoles for your work boots / shoes.
Also, whatever time of year, a high density foam camping mat any time you need to lie on the floor.
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First step completed today: guttering and downpipes fitted. Now just need to wait for a dry spell so that I can paint it with waterproofing.
Jamie.
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Location: Dorset seaside
Jamie
What I did with mine (erected November 2018) was give a coat of waterbased to protect it over the winter as the wood was still damp and then gave it 2 coats of spirit based in the spring, it seems to work alright as its still natural wood colour.
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Location: Herefordshire
Nigel - exactly what I'd recommend in the circumstances.
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Location: Herefordshire
Jamie, we usually use Cuprinol or Ronseal products. Spirit-based preservative will take perfectly happily on well-dried timber that's previously been treated with a water-based products, but you may have problems the other way round.
You'll almost certainly have to go to a proper builders' merchant for spirit-based preservative. DIY stores only sell nasty water-based stuff!
