Garden shed sides wet inside

[Carnmore]

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.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Tac a breathable membrane to the inside and then overlay it with some 5mm plywood.

 

[foxhole]

or 9mm osb, stronger and cheaper.

 

[Carnmore]

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

OSB board to the outside? If so would it not need WBP?

 

[foxhole]

No ,both to inside.

 

[Carnmore]

No ,both to inside.

Sorry but what do you mean by "both"?

 

[JohnD]

can you show us photos of the existing cladding?

After the long dry spell, boards will have shrunk and gaps opened up. Wooden cladding is not very proof against driving rain.

 

[Carnmore]

How do you add photos? It appears they need to be hosted

 

[foxhole]

You click on camera icon at top of reply box and then click on ''more options'' to get upload window. Or you can add to your own media page here and link to it [bit more complicated].

 

[JohnD]

sometimes you can copy and paste, which is the easiest way. Works with pics on your machine, and (some) on the web.

I don't know why it sometimes doesn't work. Might be to do with file size.

Another method is to click on "upload a file" at the bottom of the panel where you type your reply, and navigate to your directory.