Hopefully the right place for this?! Recently purchased a property with a medley of sheds, summerhouses and greenhouses on it!
The shed our sellers romantically described as “the gym” is better described as a swimming pool. Source of the problem seems to be the DPM which was apparently put down by someone who clearly wasn't thinking about what they were doing! It does little more than more expedite the rate at which water gets into the shed. See the photos for the issue.
Short of taking down the shed and then putting it back up again, what ideas does anyone have to get the shed water tight.
Here’s the idea’s I’ve toyed with so far--- to my mind getting less feasible the further down the list.
-Tear out the floor (most of the plywood floor has disintegrated anyway) and remove the bearers/joists (which are incidentally still in surprisingly good order). Put down a new DPM and either try and feed that up the internal or external wall. Them dump a whole load of concrete on top.
-Same as above but try to re-fit the joists instead of a concrete floor.
-Somehow Tank the exterior of the shed? – not sure how feasible this is or the longevity of this.
-Somehow lift/wedge the shed and feed a new larger BDM underneath… keeping in mind its it’s a hefty beast!
I’m sure there must be a better way so throwing it out to the more practical minded folk out there. (sorry about the photos, rarely home during the daylight hours this time of year).
The shed our sellers romantically described as “the gym” is better described as a swimming pool. Source of the problem seems to be the DPM which was apparently put down by someone who clearly wasn't thinking about what they were doing! It does little more than more expedite the rate at which water gets into the shed. See the photos for the issue.
Short of taking down the shed and then putting it back up again, what ideas does anyone have to get the shed water tight.
Here’s the idea’s I’ve toyed with so far--- to my mind getting less feasible the further down the list.
-Tear out the floor (most of the plywood floor has disintegrated anyway) and remove the bearers/joists (which are incidentally still in surprisingly good order). Put down a new DPM and either try and feed that up the internal or external wall. Them dump a whole load of concrete on top.
-Same as above but try to re-fit the joists instead of a concrete floor.
-Somehow Tank the exterior of the shed? – not sure how feasible this is or the longevity of this.
-Somehow lift/wedge the shed and feed a new larger BDM underneath… keeping in mind its it’s a hefty beast!
I’m sure there must be a better way so throwing it out to the more practical minded folk out there. (sorry about the photos, rarely home during the daylight hours this time of year).
