1. Use naturally weather resistant wood like cedar, redwood, or cypress
2. Use pressure treated wood
3. Slather it with a billion coats of paint or polyurethane
4. Sit it on some concrete pads so it's not touching the ground
Put use treated wood for whats touching the concrete/ground and you can put vycor or seal sill underneath that for good measure. Another thing you can do if if it's got some sort of siding that isn't just bare plywood is putting tyvec, or really any brand of water sealant, wrap on it and tape the ends with tyvec tape to seal it. If you do that make sure to make it layered in such a way that the upper wraps are about covering the top 4-6 inches of the wrap below it. No clue about how roofing though
If you don't wanna do that then layering on paint would work too
I smash my fingers on keyboard to get good money but I also like to build stuff. This shed is nothing special but it's 6 years old and still standing. (I painted it though).
I also learned a lot of things while making it (like making the roof much wider so the water doesn't sink in) so there's that.
And it cost me 1/5 of what I would pay for that piece of shit OP bought, that was my main reason to make it, prices of those "ready" sheds are insulting.
>I smash my fingers on keyboard to get good money
okay so youre either a virgin or your gf/wife fricks other dudes with or without your knowledge, good to know.
And what lead you to this extremely distant conclusion, genius? You're the one frustrated one.
>cot
is that your rape shed, anon?
Kind of, I fricked a few times in it, but more often out in the garden.
Its mostly a shed for stuff.
Bigger windows next time.
This "shelter" is already pathetic as it is.
It didn't have to look and feel like a third world jail shed.
>bigger windows
I had huge problems cutting glass, no matter how I hard I tried, and YT tutorials helped shit. It has more windows now but they can't be too big or the OSB won't support the roof, which is now slopped and much wider in all directions. The only support structure inside is the 10x5cm log in the middle. Not like I need them anyway.
I didn't really care about the looks, I just got frustrated with crazy prices of sheds and wanted to build something myself.
Ventilation would help aswell I guess. No fancy stuff, probably would help with just a normal size CPU fan.
Air that stands still is not good in a small shed like that
What i've discovered after having some heavy rain on a recently erected prefab: >tannalised / pressure treated wood is a must >avoid shitlap and go for tongue and groove >be generous with weather resistant paint >fill any huge interior gaps with weather resistant expanding foam and trim as needed >fill any joints between panels and exterior gaps with weather resistant sillicone sealant or similar >install regular house size guttering >have good concrete paving foundation raised above ground level by an inch or two >ensure that any hard ground / exposed foundation around the edges of the shed has either guttering above or somehting to deflect rainwater splashback away from the wood >allow an inch or so in between the foundations and the floor of the shed for ventilation
Paint
Varnish
Move to a dry climate and take the shed with you.
Build out of metal next time
wrong type of wood and/or you didn't paint it
2 coats of stain
Higher quality felt
Put it on bricks
Will last 50 years
It's made of compost fodder. What did you expect?
1. Use naturally weather resistant wood like cedar, redwood, or cypress
2. Use pressure treated wood
3. Slather it with a billion coats of paint or polyurethane
4. Sit it on some concrete pads so it's not touching the ground
Put use treated wood for whats touching the concrete/ground and you can put vycor or seal sill underneath that for good measure. Another thing you can do if if it's got some sort of siding that isn't just bare plywood is putting tyvec, or really any brand of water sealant, wrap on it and tape the ends with tyvec tape to seal it. If you do that make sure to make it layered in such a way that the upper wraps are about covering the top 4-6 inches of the wrap below it. No clue about how roofing though
If you don't wanna do that then layering on paint would work too
>he doesn't know
Put a metal car port over it
What a pos
Put it on europalettes.
Next time consider making your own, instead paying overpriced money for shittiest of shits.
Don’t quit your day job
I smash my fingers on keyboard to get good money but I also like to build stuff. This shed is nothing special but it's 6 years old and still standing. (I painted it though).
I also learned a lot of things while making it (like making the roof much wider so the water doesn't sink in) so there's that.
And it cost me 1/5 of what I would pay for that piece of shit OP bought, that was my main reason to make it, prices of those "ready" sheds are insulting.
>I smash my fingers on keyboard to get good money
okay so youre either a virgin or your gf/wife fricks other dudes with or without your knowledge, good to know.
And what lead you to this extremely distant conclusion, genius? You're the one frustrated one.
Kind of, I fricked a few times in it, but more often out in the garden.
Its mostly a shed for stuff.
>bigger windows
I had huge problems cutting glass, no matter how I hard I tried, and YT tutorials helped shit. It has more windows now but they can't be too big or the OSB won't support the roof, which is now slopped and much wider in all directions. The only support structure inside is the 10x5cm log in the middle. Not like I need them anyway.
I didn't really care about the looks, I just got frustrated with crazy prices of sheds and wanted to build something myself.
>cot
is that your rape shed, anon?
Bigger windows next time.
This "shelter" is already pathetic as it is.
It didn't have to look and feel like a third world jail shed.
There is no snow where you live.
Io do. Like I said, I learned from my mistakes.
Creosote, proper coal tar creosote.
>coal tar creosote
I love the smell but I like railroads.
Plastic shed instead.
Ventilation would help aswell I guess. No fancy stuff, probably would help with just a normal size CPU fan.
Air that stands still is not good in a small shed like that
Yeah don't buy low quality shit.
I just used marine grade varnish and mine has been taking sun and rain for years no problem. Reapply every 3 years.
rotting immediately
>Any way to prevent it?
It wouldn't rot at all if you'd put it up off the ground in the first place
Linseed oil
Pine Tar
Lift it off the ground, use a Sawzall to ventilate...
spray with motor oil
Put a fire under it
stockaryd
Make a stain using equal parts used motor oil and diesel fuel, it'll look great.
Are you sure the shed is rotting, and it isn't surface mould or fungus?
What i've discovered after having some heavy rain on a recently erected prefab:
>tannalised / pressure treated wood is a must
>avoid shitlap and go for tongue and groove
>be generous with weather resistant paint
>fill any huge interior gaps with weather resistant expanding foam and trim as needed
>fill any joints between panels and exterior gaps with weather resistant sillicone sealant or similar
>install regular house size guttering
>have good concrete paving foundation raised above ground level by an inch or two
>ensure that any hard ground / exposed foundation around the edges of the shed has either guttering above or somehting to deflect rainwater splashback away from the wood
>allow an inch or so in between the foundations and the floor of the shed for ventilation