Lifetime shed Leaks

There are a few little leaks and one big one. Our biggest issue is the easiest to fix. Neither of us paid any attention to the overall slope of the building. The center skylight (ridgecap) has a long length overlapping a short piece. We need to move the short piece above the long and that leak will be fixed. As I had mentioned in the previous post, I was fairly certain that the trusses I made would leak and they both do a little bit I will get up there with a tube of caulk. The third area is along the sides of the side door. A little bit of flashing will fix this issue.

Below is a short video of the leaking.

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/b558c0_ecdc7cf0603b4b71a14a28187cc9dbe6/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

The problems have been solved with some flashing and a whole lot of caulk. The Troy-made rafters did leak quite a bit. Given that the rafters were not grooved to act as gutters like the metal rafters that came with it. We filled the gaps between the roof panels with caulk and the leaks are dry.

The next challenge was around the side door. At the top corners, we had a gap between the roof panels and the door. Flashing was cut into puzzle pieces to fit the gaps, screwed, and caulked. One window went up with success A ring of caulk and a couple corner screws. The other one was glued with the caulk but only one screw. The plexiglass cracked around the screw and slid down the wall.

The skylight was more of an issue. The building is not level, or square. We removed the short section and slid it under the longer piece. Though it did appear that gravity was now in our favor, however we did not want to have to do it again, so we filled the overlap with construction adhesive and screwed it together. We caulked the skylight down in a few loose spots and called it a day.

Now we have moved some of our stuff and have a new dry storage shed!