Drying-out a leaky shed - ideas?

[Ducatiboy stu]

Well..ypu could spec 105mm

 

[MartinOC]

Have you got adequate sewerage and water connections? I have prick neighbour's living illegally in a caravan with no sewerage or water connected for well over 12 months!

Martrix, all bases adequately covered & I'm not a prick, so don't sweat.

I think I'm going to have to take some piccies of the situation I'm facing & post them up here, as I'm getting swamped with so many good ideas.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Pics or it aint real..

 

[Camo6]

Weal's lean-to idea sounds like the most beneficial way to dry the slab and provide some extra storage space. Then all of the above options sound like good ideas. I have a love/hate relationship with Sikaflex. I haven't found a thing it won't stick too (love) and that includes my fingers (hate).

 

[Camo6]

Double post

 

[Mardoo]

Upvote for the lean-to approach, coupled with the plastic flashing to keep out the vermin. You'll feel nearly civilizated then!

Here's an eBay seller who seems to have a good price on zinc and colorbond. Check the other suggested sources though. Might be the little mouth talking. And they're in Sunshine, which isn't exactly local. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/230985028938%20

 

[spog]

But PF will need a sack trolley for his bag of cement?

Touché .

 

[Martrix]

Martrix, all bases adequately covered & I'm not a prick, so don't sweat.

I think I'm going to have to take some piccies of the situation I'm facing & post them up here, as I'm getting swamped with so many good ideas.

Out of interest, what did Murrindindi Shire state was an adequate setup for sewerage/septic tank?

 

[MartinOC]

Thanks for your interest, Martrix. Like I said, all bases are adequately covered.

 

[pedleyr]

Out of interest, what did Murrindindi Shire state was an adequate setup for sewerage/septic tank?

This should satisfy your interest: http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Your_Property/Building_and_Construction/Septic_Systems

 

[MartinOC]

Pics or it aint real..

Here y'go Stu...







It's the Western side of the shed, so it bears the brunt of the incoming weather. Current quick-fix, but it doesn't seem to be working...



The precious cargo to be protected in the foreground. Top shelf two-deep, 2nd shelf 3-deep & I have 14 Doz. more at home waiting to be transported.

Don't ANYONE say I've currently got too many bottles. I gave-away 72 Doz. a few years ago (yes, that's 864 bottles!) when we moved to our current place, but couldn't store them anywhere. NOW, I could, but it's too late..

Please note from the photo's a complete lack of sanitation, public health, law & order, wine & aqueducts, but APART from that, what have Murrindindi Shire Council ever done for us?? h34r:

 

[Curly79]

Hey Martin. I'm hearing you about the weather mate. I'm in Kinglake too. Cold wet and cold !! Some sort of flashing definitely. Silicone is a bit dodgy


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[Curly79]

Hey Martin. Just looked at the photos. Maybe a L shaped flashing that could be riveted to the bottom batten that runs horizontally along the back of your shed and then tucked under the gap. Then a nice bead of sikaflex along the concrete/flashing edge.


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[Curly79]

Or even a 50mm x 50 mm angle flashing will do the same if you don't mind fixing it to the colourbond walls. Get a LPG blowtorch to dry it out first and hope the Kinglake weather holds out for a few hours so you can seal it up


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[Porkchop]

Even the down pipes are connected wrong. Take a pic of the top of the wall on that side.

 

[MartinOC]

Even the down pipes are connected wrong.

Yeah, we already knew that. They've all been replaced with 90mm poly pipe & inter-connected to run to a 22500L tank.

I've run a thick bead of sikaflex along the bottom of the walls & into the vertical junctions between the sheets & it seems to have fixed the problem so far.

 

[Dave70]

I'll bet my arse the overhang of that slab has back fall into the shed.
Getting the water away, as you seem to have done is half the problem solved.
To do it properly, a strip drain is really the only answer. Flashing will do FA unless it extends past the overhang, and it ain't cheap. I know, it's part of my business.
Since the muppets who assembled the shed couldn't manage to install a downpipe the right way up or check the levels on the slab, who knows what else they missed. Its a bitch chasing leaks.

 

[MartinOC]

I'll bet my arse the overhang of that slab has back fall into the shed. It certainly does. If you look at the 2nd photo above, you can see it used to run into/along the expansion joint, but I've plugged that, too.

Its a bitch chasing leaks. Don't I know it!

I'll get there eventually, but it seems I'm forever chasing my arse to fix problems as they arise.