Wet inside field shelter

[Thundering]

Advice please. I bought a lovely new mobile shelter in the summer. Now we have had a fair bit of rain the ground inside is really wet. Im pretty sure the roof is not leaking so think maybe the rain is blowing in? Im going to move it round to hopefully stop this. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Goldenstar]

Yes it’s normal .
You need to be careful how you site it and it does help to put guttering on with a down pipe on best side to direct the water away

 

[Thundering]

Thanks, its already got guttering on the front and a downpipe.

 

[Nicnac]

Look at prevalent wind direction for the area and place rear of shelter in that direction. Does it have a good overhang? If it's permanent, you could dig a trench in front and fill with hardcore with Mudcontrol mats on top so rain can drain down rather than going into F.S.

 

[asmp]

Mine is on a slight incline and with the amount of rain we’ve had, it is running under the sides and into the shelter.

 

[BBP]

Mine is wet just because the ground around it is saturated and so it is just percolating through. Plus three of them think it’s the best place to pee!

 

[Chuffy99]

Is the downpipe straight down, into a bin which overflows or is it angled into a runaway?

 

[Thundering]

The down pipe is straight down to the ground it does not go in to a bin but think that might help.

 

[Thundering]

Look at prevalent wind direction for the area and place rear of shelter in that direction. Does it have a good overhang? If it's permanent, you could dig a trench in front and fill with hardcore with Mudcontrol mats on top so rain can drain down rather than going into F.S.

It has a reasonable overhang. Its mobile so not really able to dig a trench.

 

[Chuffy99]

I suspect that’s a lot of the problem, at least a junction put in your downpipe to divert the water away or even better have something to conserve the water

 

[Prancerpoos]

Possibly just the fact that the ground around ut is sodden so water will work its way up. I put 20cm of type 2 inside mine with rubber mats on top, that fixed it, but not cheap.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Advice please. I bought a lovely new mobile shelter in the summer. Now we have had a fair bit of rain the ground inside is really wet. Im pretty sure the roof is not leaking so think maybe the rain is blowing in? Im going to move it round to hopefully stop this. Has anyone else had this problem?

mine is the same, i had guttering put on but still it gets wet inside. So guess nothing we can do as it seeps in.

 

[Vodkagirly]

Normally the rain comes from the west for us but the rain for the last week has been from the east. I have lots of wet bits that aren't normally wet. I would make any changes too quickly as it maybe a one off.