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I haven't tried it yet but it is on my to do list which is to screw a length of rubber hosepipe to the bottom of the garage door, should make a good draught excluder/water seal. With regards to heater I used to use a small fan heater, but I have just fitted a kitchen plinth heater in the plinth...

It is pretty much a damp free & draft free environment with DPM & DPC, it has all gone through building regs as there is now a bedroom & bathroom above the garage. My main concern for the damp was moisture absorbing through the brickwork. I am not planning on heating the workshop, that said...

Thanks for your replies guys, I have only just seen the replies as for some reason I didn't get a topic reply notification. What I did in the end was fixed a damp proof membrane to the wall latted it with 1" x 2" roofing laths, filled with 1" kingspan then boarded it with foil backed...

I wasn't planing on insulating it as the garage is very narrow, so insulating it would make it even narrower, that's why I went for a single skin wall rather than insulated cavity wall.

Over the summer my beloved timber workshop was demolished & replaced with a single skin brick garage/workshop. I am looking for some advice on how I can finish the inside face of the single wall to tidy it up & hopefully keep the damp from coming through the wall. I have a plasterer coming on...

Hi Dave I was only kidding, its my sense of humor, sorry :D

I will try & take a couple of photos sometime later this week, but I haven't realy made much yet, apart from turned a few bowls, made a couple of toys for the kids, then the main thing is the Oak Kitchen I started 3 years ago & haven't touched it for the last couple of years as I have been to...

Northerner of course, it is called UK Workshop isn't it. :wink: Guisborough so not far away from you.

Thanks for the info Andrew, I've just ordered some of the Webrax. PS: I see you live not far away from myself, I live in Guisborough. Paul

I will give it a go with a sharp chisel later, I think I will have to sharpen a chisel first! Can anyone recommend a non ferrous alternative to wire wool. Cheers Paul

Thanks for the info Harbo, lovely looking table.

I think I am stuck with the Oil, not sure about the wax though as I've been looking at the Liberon waxes on the web, they say not suitable for kitchens & bathrooms. As with regards to cleaning the marks, any ideas, as you will see in the picture below they are right in the corners & edges, there...

Is anyone viewing this thread able to help me with my thread on finish for Oak kitchen? Edit: link is here https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... hp?t=30355

I have done a little bit of woodturning. Cheers Paul