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You know what you've prompted me to get the humidistat in there. Right now is probably up there with as bad as it'll get.

In a similar vein has anyone applied tanking themselves?

Sort of like this
https://www.permagard.co.uk/advice/waterproofing-a-garage

Problem would be fully sealing the board. You’ll never get varnish on to every edge in every hole so there’s always going to be exposed edge, which is the worst bit for moisture absorption

I know I'm not answering your question, but what about the IKEA plastic peg board?

I had thought I'd have to overcome a similar challenge to yours, but in the end we've decided to knock down 2 old outbuildings and replace with something brand new that will be watertight, insulated, etc.

OK. That makes sense. Cheers.

Not a bad idea.

Looking at an area c. 220 x 170cm, so that's about 9 of those... so £135 which I guess is fairly competitive.

My two concerns with the ikea ones are; 1. Restriction of proprietary fittings. 2. How strong are these?

70% humidity by 11.35am in March.

External temperature 9°.

At least the UK shouldn't have water shortages in the decades to come...

Maybe tank one of your bathrooms and turn it into a water store. 😊

IKEA will be heavily proprietary. There are loads of metal panel options around and most will have the standard 1" hole spacing, for which you can buy masses of accessories on ebay.

From doing a bit of "scale" drawing in Google Sheets I think these Sealey Apspb Steel Pegboard Pack of 2 https://amzn.eu/d/3rGOqMr are the way to go.

£120 and 3+1 panels gives me a good block that is almost 162x142cm (brown rectangle is the work bench).

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Yeah I think the accessories is the big thing.

I don't want to be having to spend £100s on accessories. Also fewer 2nd hand options.

This is good thanks

I managed to get some BOTT Perfo on ebay when I did mine. Sometimes available with little creases or defects which didn't bother me. The accessories are decent too.

I'll save a search 👍

I need to redo all the sealant on our double glazed windows.

What sealant to I want?

I guess bathroom anti mould is the way to go given the condensation around the windows, but wanted to check in for suggestions in case there was one that had better adherence or something like that.

Cheers

@Airhead do you have any specific tips for painting new external/outdoor(?) redwood doors?

It would be black on the outside, white inside.

My natural inclination is to go with an oil paint.

F&B waterbased exterior eggshell

Little green water based intelligent eggshell is also fantastic.

Just don’t touch oil, ever.

Sikkens - you'll be fine,
Having double colour is doubling the price + 4tins
Johnston's do 1/2 cans 500ml

At the moment I'm using BIN Aqua primer with AllCoat Exterior on top. Roll it and expect to do 4 coats. You can get the primer tinted for the black side. Gloss will be more durable than Satin.

Cheers. Given LG and F&B's prices Zinzer looks like the way to go.

I guess follow-up vauge question is; is there anything I should know, that might not be obvious about fitting external doors.

If it makes a difference I want to reuse the latch from the door on the right and add one of those keypad locks to the one on the left.

My dad always goes on about the external. Screws on the left door, so I'm wondering about proper hinges. However, this is down an alley with very limited sun for most of the year, so Idk if the external hinges are more forgiving or something.

The right has to open out. But I could also make the left open in or out. I don't really care.

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Given LG and F&B's prices Zinzer looks like the way to go.

The only reason to use them would be for a specific colour from their range. Neither of them are particularly great exterior formulations. For basic colours Zinnser is a really good paint. It seems thin and plasticky until it's fully cured but it's very durable after that.

Thanks. We just want plan old school black. I did wonder about keeping it natural as in someways that's an easier finish to maintain long term.

The external hinges are probably the best long term option for that type of door. It depends a bit on how well the ledging and bracing is done and how thick they are when it comes to fitting butt hinges.

I would say look at Howdens for doors like that but you need to be very careful getting cheaper flb doors as the wood quality can be terrible and some of them are just not fit for purpose.

They are relatively easy to DIY though and then you can try and source some less knotty wood as that is going to be an issue with most pine shop bought types.