Alan Reynolds
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Is it something to do with shiny and matt surfaces?
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Thanks @Pete. I've just got back in after a couple of hours sorting things out, took me over an hour just to clear the mess up from the last few weeks work where I've just lobbed everything through the door. Most things are wet so I'll never keep it all dry but I dried off the lathe and coated it in oil.
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Depends.
If you're heating the space, insulation will help keep bills reasonable and, if it is heated, there won't be condensation. If not heated, even with insulation, the stuff inside would be just as cold after the best part of a week of such cold weather. And then, insulation might even slow warm up time.
In this case, yes, better sealed the better. My shed condensation issues were greatly improved by draught excluding.
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Just spent 3 hours cleaning and oiling my machines.
Chucks in cupboards drills in draws .
Never had this problem before .
Even the floor is wet .
Chucks in cupboards drills in draws .
Never had this problem before .
Even the floor is wet .
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I have also just spent another couple of hours going round wiping and spraying everything bare cast iron. Even my beautiful @pressbrake1 reference square which took me 2 full days to scrape had a sheen of rust on it.
NowI have taken the de-humidifier which usually lives in the spare room out there and it's sucked about a litre of water out of the air in the workshop in 2 hrs.
NowI have taken the de-humidifier which usually lives in the spare room out there and it's sucked about a litre of water out of the air in the workshop in 2 hrs.
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I would say being relatively air tight is more important. Eventually, everything in the shed is going to reach ambient temperature unless it is also permanently heated.
If the shed/workshop is well insulated but not heated, all the metalwork will still be ice cold when warm moisture laden air is wafting over it.
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New Workshop (timber frame, insulated and boarded) is bone dry, checked all the tool cabinets and tools, no rust, no sweating. Noticeably colder inside than out, so perhaps that's helping stabilise the temperature swing.
Old Garage (Victorian brick, uninsulated) is also bone dry - no rust. Again colder inside than out.
I'm not usually lucky, but dunno.
Probably be like a swimming pool tomorrow then
Old Garage (Victorian brick, uninsulated) is also bone dry - no rust. Again colder inside than out.
I'm not usually lucky, but dunno.
Probably be like a swimming pool tomorrow then
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I am grateful that I have had no problem in my workshop. However, getting the car out of the garage this morning, all the glass misted over, including the glasses I was wearing at the time. I cleaned all off, locked the garage and then had to do it all again!
That's mint compared to mine. I never get time to put tools away before the next thing crops up.And I thought my shed was a muddle
I am.hoping that the fact I was running the heater to try and make the felt I was cutting into squares more pliable.
Then I realised they had provided easy torch instead of esterflex. Thicker heavier less pliable plus harder to cut. All for my customer to save 300 quid on 30 rolls.
I have told them they best get the spec.felt we quoted on or it will be 500 quid on the job......so it make sense for them to pay the extra 300 for better felt.
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I had condensation on some of our windows today, on the outside, the house was so cold compared to outside.
Well my warehouse is a long way off air tight. Its not even water tight in places and yet no condensation at all. Mind you it is taking a long time to warm up so that is probably helping.
Like Seadog, I have an uninsulated, unheated wooden workshop. It's built on an uninsulated slab with no DPM. It is watertight insomuch as there are no leaks, but it's far from airtight with a few gaps high up under the eves and around the perlins, and low down under the doors. Not enough to allow the wind to blast through but enough to allow natural air circulation. I've got bare cast iron wood and metal working machinery, and have never noticed it get wet with condensation.
Move it to the West of the country - you will...
