On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:38:28 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I bet your garage doesn't face south or west though.
I've worked on houses where Victorian windows on the north side were
still in good nick, and everything on the south side was shot to pieces

Strange., Its the reverse in my house.

Its the shaded north side where the frost damage, and damp, are most
important.

Yep, same here - the north side of both garage and barn are/were
definitely worse off, presumably because that's where it takes things
longer to dry out.