New shed needed

They leak too!

 

Crikey, you would never get it for that price down here @Jack McHammocklashing - they would want a small fortune just to come out and quote for the job.

I am going to give this one a hell of a lot of thought, not least because I thought the current shed was the answer for a good ten years at least. If I had a bench/mitre saw, then I would probably give it a bash myself, but I don't have anything like that. Worse still, the longer I stall on this the more stuff gets destroyed because the current shed is useless.

 

One of our local shed suppliers

Sheds

Installation costs between £60 and £80 but don't know cost of delivery.

 

Lovely sheds on both of those links - and for the size we have/need, around a grand is the cheapest

 

Any chance of a local handyman perhaps building you one?

 

Possibly, but I wonder if that would work out nearly as expensive as a 'proper' one.

I think it might be prudent to empty the current shed and assess it fully to see if there is any hope of fixing it (doubtful, but I think I have to try)

 

@fat controller You need to try and work out where the water is coming from (obvious, I know ) but it may be running in at ground level - under the edge of the shed.

My Yardmaster shed has never leaked and we didn't do anything special when it was erected. We haven't sealed the screw holes nor around the base. We just bolted the base of the shed to the paving base we made (would have been better to make a concrete base but it was more expensive) and then put the thing together.



Some of the side panels bowed a bit so we just put more screws in. You can see some of the bowing in this photo.



After it had been up for a few months I did find that the doors were running slightly out of alignment which we put down to a small amount of movement. I felt that this was because there was no bracing of the bottom framework. So I came up with the idea for solving two problems at the same time. The other problem was that there was a lip, formed by the bottom framework.



I decided to make an internal floor out of marine ply that was the thickness of the metal base struts. As it was fairly expensive I was lucky to make it out of offcuts from a builder, at virtually no cost. Although it's tough stuff I still used a preservative on it (haven't the faintest whether it was necessary) and laid it to fit tight. I then got some old lino and laid it on top so that there would be no damage to the wood.

There may be better materials to make it from but I'm just a bodger. @pete is more likely to be able to advise you if you need it.

 

Thanks @shiney - water shouldn't be able to get under the sides and in that way, as I have silicon sealed all the way round; I suppose water being what it is though, might still be finding a way.