Brand new shed leaking water

DiddyDavies

AineB2020 said:

They offer a 15 year anti rot on the shed so if they have installed it according to their recommendations.

How did you pay for the shed?
A long warranty is fine if either the company providing it is still in business or it's insurance backed and you have to claim in the future but if neither applies, a 15 year warranty may be useless.
If however you have paid some of the cost by way of credit (credit card or direct finance) then the finance provider should take over any liability.

ComicGeek

Unless you're actually heating the shed, why bother insulating it? The insulation just slows down the transfer of heat, it can't magically make the shed warm in winter without a heat source. It will still get cold in the winter, and hot in the summer with or without insulation.

Hasbeen

Would never buy wooden sheds again. On going maintenance, repairs etc.
Know some do prefer wood, but plastic is the way to go:

£929.89

Shipping Included 7' 6" x 11'

born_again

ComicGeek said:

Unless you're actually heating the shed, why bother insulating it? The insulation just slows down the transfer of heat, it can't magically make the shed warm in winter without a heat source. It will still get cold in the winter, and hot in the summer with or without insulation.

Take a really cold frosty night. Without insulation it will freeze on the inside. Once it starts to warm up. What happens to the frost on the inside?

Cue very wet boxes.

I added a 2nd layer to my garage roof and put 100M/M of insulation between. In summer that made garage a lot cooler than previous years. It will also mean that the roof will stop dripping water inside the garage after frosty nights & the thaw the next day.

neilmcl

born_again said:

ComicGeek said:

Unless you're actually heating the shed, why bother insulating it? The insulation just slows down the transfer of heat, it can't magically make the shed warm in winter without a heat source. It will still get cold in the winter, and hot in the summer with or without insulation.

Take a really cold frosty night. Without insulation it will freeze on the inside. Once it starts to warm up. What happens to the frost on the inside?

Cue very wet boxes.

I added a 2nd layer to my garage roof and put 100M/M of insulation between. In summer that made garage a lot cooler than previous years. It will also mean that the roof will stop dripping water inside the garage after frosty nights & the thaw the next day.

I've never seen any frost or ice on the inside of any of my, uninsulated sheds in over 30 years.

sheramber

I have never insulated a shed and never had any damp problems summer or winter, rain,hail, or snow.

DiddyDavies

sheramber said:

I have never insulated a shed and never had any damp problems summer or winter, rain,hail, or snow.

I used to live on the outskirts of Aberdeen and had a fairly large uninsulated wooden shed in my garden and despite it getting extremely cold in the winter, I never once had frost or ice forming on the wooden inside. The inside of the glass windows used to get frosty but never the wooden sides or roof.

photome

neilmcl said:

born_again said:

ComicGeek said:

Unless you're actually heating the shed, why bother insulating it? The insulation just slows down the transfer of heat, it can't magically make the shed warm in winter without a heat source. It will still get cold in the winter, and hot in the summer with or without insulation.

Take a really cold frosty night. Without insulation it will freeze on the inside. Once it starts to warm up. What happens to the frost on the inside?

Cue very wet boxes.

I added a 2nd layer to my garage roof and put 100M/M of insulation between. In summer that made garage a lot cooler than previous years. It will also mean that the roof will stop dripping water inside the garage after frosty nights & the thaw the next day.

I've never seen any frost or ice on the inside of any of my, uninsulated sheds in over 30 years.

I was going to say the same , my wooden shed has sat in my garden uninsulated for 21 years without any damp/condensation issues

ComicGeek

born_again said:

ComicGeek said:

Unless you're actually heating the shed, why bother insulating it? The insulation just slows down the transfer of heat, it can't magically make the shed warm in winter without a heat source. It will still get cold in the winter, and hot in the summer with or without insulation.

Take a really cold frosty night. Without insulation it will freeze on the inside. Once it starts to warm up. What happens to the frost on the inside?

Cue very wet boxes.

I added a 2nd layer to my garage roof and put 100M/M of insulation between. In summer that made garage a lot cooler than previous years. It will also mean that the roof will stop dripping water inside the garage after frosty nights & the thaw the next day.

Nope, it won't. Complete waste of time and money insulating a shed that's not being heated. 

If your roof is freezing and thawing, you have a water leak - nothing to do with insulation.

AineB2020

Hasbeen said:

Would never buy wooden sheds again. On going maintenance, repairs etc.
Know some do prefer wood, but plastic is the way to go:

£929.89

Shipping Included 7' 6" x 11'

i really wish I had gone this route but I am now stuck with what I have. The company has now suggested I put a dehumidifier in. It is only 5 days old...