dj_efk
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Yep that’s the long term aim, along with electric gates.I have two electric doors either end of my garage..... very secure, so would recommend electric roller shutter?️️?
Yep that’s the long term aim, along with electric gates.I have two electric doors either end of my garage..... very secure, so would recommend electric roller shutter?️️?
Yes there are hedges right next to two sides of the building that are heavily overgrown and I think are sending water through the walls (which are just a single skin of stout planks butted up against each other) - so first job is to wade in with the petrol hedge cutters and tame it all.Oh and look at all the guttering and water shedding, ideally have a good look around in a heavy rain storm as you might find something thats sending water to places you dont want it thats simple to resolve. Bad external drainage can make any internal work pointless.
Thanks for this. Some good ideas here and I like the cladding idea.If you want to make it watertight and can get around the back and sides, id personally install vapour barrier and clad the outside. The timber skin seems fairly substantial and you will want to protect that over the years and getting it clad will will also saving on wood treatment / preservatives. Go for a non fade UPVC cladding, plenty of colours available, if that floats your boat
You can also dig a small stone filled ditch around and extending the cladding into this of your wall and base gap is to large, to stop that debris coming in during strong winds and surface water will have somewhere to drain into.
Vapour barrier, timber batterns and then cladding to battens.
If the roof is plain metal sheets and has no insulation, id would not make it too well insulated and wind free. The last thing you want is metal "sweating"
A metal roof 'sweating' is a result of excess humidity condensing on the underside of your roof. Metal roofs are known for this, with condensation forming particularly at the beginning and end of a day. The prime reason for this is due to the temperature differential between the inside and the outside of the shed.
How To Stop Your Metal Roof Sweating
5 ways to stop your metal roof sweatingwww.secrets-of-shed-building.com
How about a piece or angle iron or aluminium screwed along the edge of the warped door, top to bottom. That will stop the warp and the you can add a lock top and bottom to bring the door back in level with the good door.
Not long term, but a fix for now.
Ian
Consider adding insulation and cladding to the outside. The cladding should make the "walls" water tight.Spike,
This is where we get to the second biggie that needs addressing: There is no insulation and the entire building is single skin - from the inside you can see daylight between some of the (admittedly thick) wooden planks. The building has been constructed like this on a concrete platform with steel posts and corrugated plastic roof, very much like farm buildings are round here if they’re not all steel.
Therefore, water gets in a little during heavy storms in some places around the sides and it’s going to be freezing in there during winter. I’m just wondering, after the doors have been made secure (excellent suggestion re: coachbolts) and watertight, what’s the most effective yet easiest way of achieving this. Any ideas here would also be appreciated.
Thanks
It’s front vs back camera mode I suspectThe doors seem to swap round in these two last pictures????? - Andy
Oh yes I hadn’t noticed that, my camera was having trouble uploading pics but then seemed to fix itself. The bolt is on the righ5 door looking at it so you’ll have to imagine that.The doors seem to swap round in these two last pictures????? - Andy