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- It pulls - so you seal the garden house later
- Tips to detect leaks early and avoid them
- Seal the roof
- Seal the soil afterwards
- Leaky spots on the walls
- Tips
When it rains in the garden shed, quick action is required
It pulls - so you seal the garden house later
If the roof, sidewalls or floor of the garden house leaks, this is extremely annoying. The resulting, musty smell not only suffers the coziness. If you use the arbor as a storage room, garden tools and furniture can become damaged and unusable.
Tips to detect leaks early and avoid them
Seal the roof
Roofing felt and bitumen shingles are relatively sturdy, but still weather over time. Then it is not necessarily necessary to renew the roof, you can also repair it yourself at low cost:
Seal the soil afterwards
If you forgot to lay foil under the concrete when pouring the base plate, the base area draws water from below. There are special floor sealing products in the specialized trade against oppressive moisture, which are also used in basements. Usually it is possible to seal the floor with these.
If it is not possible to get the plate sealed from above by means of an additional seal, all that remains is to dismantle the garden house again. Remove the old floor plate and build a new substructure.
Leaky spots on the walls
These are indicated by discoloration or streaks that indicate mold or dripping water. Cracks in the walls are sealed from the outside as well as from the inside with wood filler.
Tips
Repaint the garden shed at regular intervals. Take a close look at the arbor in advance and repair damaged areas immediately.