I have a largish summerhouse at the bottom of my garden.
I haven't got a photo of it as yet but it has an apex roof and is similar in design to this:
http://www.northstreetsheds.co.uk/standard-summer-house
It is 6M wide by 3M deep.
Up until now it has been used as a glorified shed but i want to insulate it and get some use out of it as an additional room.
The first part of this project is to stop it getting damp.
It doesn't have a gutter on either side of the apex and when it rains water drips off the roof and runs down the shiplap cladding in places or bounces off the floor onto the base of it.
My thinking was to install gutter along the two 3M sides and then collect it into 2 separate water butts or somehow connect the two gutters into one (along the back) and then into one 200l butt.
Does this sound like a good idea or should the gutter be connected to a proper drain?
I haven't got a photo of it as yet but it has an apex roof and is similar in design to this:
http://www.northstreetsheds.co.uk/standard-summer-house
It is 6M wide by 3M deep.
Up until now it has been used as a glorified shed but i want to insulate it and get some use out of it as an additional room.
The first part of this project is to stop it getting damp.
It doesn't have a gutter on either side of the apex and when it rains water drips off the roof and runs down the shiplap cladding in places or bounces off the floor onto the base of it.
My thinking was to install gutter along the two 3M sides and then collect it into 2 separate water butts or somehow connect the two gutters into one (along the back) and then into one 200l butt.
Does this sound like a good idea or should the gutter be connected to a proper drain?