Getting the most from your shed - part 2

Getting the most from your shed – part 2

Now that you have put a good wood preservative on the underneath of the shed floor this will help prevent rot. I mention a good wood preservative because nowadays the wood preservatives come with all sorts of goodies to fight rot and decay such as a water repellant and protection against fungal and algae.

Whilst you are protecting your shed I strongly recommend that you give the shed a good coat of preservative. If you have bought yourself a nice shiplap shed then turn this upside down before you treat it. This way all the treatment will run into the grooves for maximum protection. There is no need to treat the inside of the shed.

Once all this is done you can assemble your shed, but before you do so perhaps you should consider this tip.

We recommend a concrete base for the shed. You should ensure that the base is almost the same size as the foot print of the shed. This does 2 things. One is to encourage water run off away from the shed meaning your shed base wont be sitting in pools of water, the second is that if the base is much larger when it rains, the rain will bounce off the ground and soak the shed. The corners of the shed tend to get soaked and you will find in many sheds that show sign of rot that it is these corners that start to rot first.

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