New shed leaking through the walls help

[Zally Smith]

Need advice got a new shed summer house it's leaking through the walls advice please ...its tongue n groove

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Did you build it from scratch? Was it a prefab job that you built or did you have it built for you or what? Got some photos? Questions questions ....

 

[opps]

Water should not leak through a tongue and groove log cabin but is it a log cabin or a shed? What make is it?

Photos etc will help.

 

[^woody^]

Wood is not waterproof.

 

[pete50]

Wood is not waterproof.

My summer house is wooden tongue and groove.. It has been up for ten years. It does not leak either through the roof or through the walls. But then your unhelpful contribution wasn't written with the intention of helping anybody was it?

 

[^woody^]

My summer house is wooden tongue and groove.. It has been up for ten years. It does not leak either through the roof or through the walls. But then your unhelpful contribution wasn't written with the intention of helping anybody was it?

Thank you for your authoritative response on the water resistance of a timber shed. Based on your experience of owning one shed out of the 30 million in UK gardens, and for 10 years and not 10,000 years that man has used timber for shelter, I am sure you are correct.

Would you happen to know why my timber shed has leaked?

 

[JohnD]

Need advice got a new shed summer house it's leaking through the walls advice please ...its tongue n groove

please post some photos, inside and out, to show method of construction and points of entry.

Is it leaking at the corners and other joints, or is it leaking through the T&Gs? Was it built with the tongues facing upward?

The joints will tend to close up in damp weather like now, and open up when the wood dries and shrinks. Although timber cladding will keep most of the weather out, to be truly dry you need roofing felt or something on the inside, to prevent spray or drips wetting the contents of the shed, for example in driving rain.

 

[^woody^]

And what is it coated with, or is it a bare magic shed like Peter's abode?