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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    I don't have gutters or downpipes as the roof runs to slight angle to the back, I've checked with heavy rain and there is minimum water runs of the sides, it all runs to the back, although I am going to fit a gutter and pipe at the back. The summerhouse has been built on stilts, 22 of them. I...
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    Sorry, still dont get your point, why would they say it would leak. Nobody in their right mind would spend nearly 10K building something that needed to be waterproof if there was any chance they were buying material that wasnt?
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    Not really sure what you mean, the log lap was supplied treated and i also applied 1 coat of Osmo uv protection oil.
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    Its defo coming through the knots, there is 1 picture you can clearly see the drip forming just under the damp knot and its dry all around it so cant be coming from anywhere else. The pools of water are forming as the water eventually runs down the inside to the bottom and you can see where the...
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    Problem I have tho is there is probably hundreds of knots seeping water and without stripping all the ply and insulation from the inside I cant specifically see where every knot is with an issue so I would maybe need something I could just paint over the outside, I have already applied the Osmo...
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    Just to add, I have contacted the company who sold me the timber and waiting on them getting back to me, just wondered what my rights were in case they try to fob me off.
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    Water seeping through knots in summerhouse log wood

    I have spent the best part of 10k on a summerhouse for the garden end of last year which I didn't use during the winter as I still had to furnish inside. I noticed a few months ago the bottom strip on the inside had turned black most of the way round which then revealed small pools of water...
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