Garden shed sides wet inside

Carnmore · 29-07-2018 11:03pm #1

Just moved in to new house and put tools in garden shed. During heavy rain on Saturday I noticed the inside of the sides were wet all the way up on the exposed sides, as if they were absorbing rain water.

I need to store tools and equipment in the shed so it needs to be dry.

Any ideas how I can make it stay dry? It's a rented house and the shed isn't mine so I can't replace it.

It's made from overlap wood.

Czhornet · 30-07-2018 8:33am

Felt wrap around or some tyvek moisture barrier (like whats used when roofing houses) would help

wait4me · 30-07-2018 10:47am

What type of shed - timber or block built?

Carnmore · 30-07-2018 1:42pm

wait4me wrote: »

What type of shed - timber or block built?

Timber overlap with a felted roof

Carnmore · 30-07-2018 1:44pm

Czhornet wrote: »

Felt wrap around or some tyvek moisture barrier (like whats used when roofing houses) would help

I'm thinking of stapling clear plastic sheeting to the outside - what do you think?

Czhornet · 30-07-2018 4:21pm

Carnmore wrote: »

I'm thinking of stapling clear plastic sheeting to the outside - what do you think?

probably would be OK if done tightly, if the wind gets in under it it will tear it very easily though unless its a heavy gauge plastic. It would be a quick solution to be fair.

30-07-2018 5:12pm

Can you stick up a picture of the affected wall, inside and out?

Lumen · 30-07-2018 8:46pm

Would you not just paint the exposed faces with something to resist soaking of the timbers?

Carnmore · 01-08-2018 4:23pm

Lumen wrote: »

Would you not just paint the exposed faces with something to resist soaking of the timbers?

Like creosote which is oil based?

Lumen · 01-08-2018 4:29pm

Carnmore wrote: »

Like creosote which is oil based?

Creosote is illegal for domestic use, for good reason. Plus, it's not your shed and if I was the landlord I've take the cost of a replacement shed out of your deposit (because I'd have to rip it out to avoid being sued when subsequent tenants get cancer).

Some kind of wax or urethane-based product, I'd have thought.

This is not a recommendation, but this sort of thing.

https://sadolin.ie/finish/shed-fence/

Carnmore · 01-08-2018 4:48pm

Lumen wrote: »

Carnmore wrote: »

Like creosote which is oil based?

Creosote is illegal for domestic use, for good reason. Plus, it's not your shed and if I was the landlord I've take the cost of a replacement shed out of your deposit (because I'd have to rip it out to avoid being sued when subsequent tenants get cancer).

Some kind of wax or urethane-based product, I'd have thought.

This is not a recommendation, but this sort of thing.

https://sadolin.ie/finish/shed-fence/

I meant 'creocote' which is a legal creosote substitute

Garden shed sides wet inside

Comments