Shed Help

[Flying Fool]

Been a lurker for couple of months, first post. The house I just bought came with a wood shed that they had insulated all walls and ceiling. Which is great, but everytime a rake or shovel leans against the insulation the foil backing tears alittle. I have a couple of questions that I would like the hear your opinions on.

1) Should I keep the insulation in place? I'm thinking I will and nail in some paneling on all walls and ceiling.
2)If I do that, should I be concerned with moisture and mold. There are no vents built into the shed.
3)And if I do put paneling up, should I put some 1x1 to span the studs and give the paneling some additional nailing material for strength.

 

[p_mori7]

Welcome to GJ.

What area are you in ?

Usually people use 1x2 or 1x3 furring strips before installing wall finishing.

You can nail it directly to the studs.

If the shed is not heated, the insulation serves no purpose. Perhaps the previous owner heated it from time to time when working out there.

 

[ArtDeco]

What area are you in and do you plan on spending time out there under certain conditions?

 

[Flying Fool]

Thanks for the speedy replies. I live the Detroit area. I noticed last winter the shed was warmer than my attached garage by 20 degrees. I'm sure small heater would work wonders in the winter time. It's wired up already with lights and extra outlets. I'm not sure if I'll be spending any time out there, it's pretty cluttered in there right now and has been since I moved in. Once I have it cleaned up and organized I'll see how much time I want to spend out there. And that leads me to my current project, to make the shed a workable area even if it's only to store my outdoor stuff. It has a workbench in there and I figure I can do my routine maintenance on my yard tools there instead of bringing everything around front to my garage. It's about 10'x10', too small to make it both my shop area plus lawn care tool storage area.

 

[NewEdgePerf]

T-111 on the bottom (durable and easy to nail to) and pegboard on the upper sections (hang stuff up off the floor).

Tony D

 

[James Aiello]

You only have to worry about mold if it gets wet.. so if its leaking or something...
Get some drywall screw it on.. it would clean it up a ton and give you some nice light reflection.

Also paint the trim on the outside of the shed.. I can see some bare spots..

good luck

 

[Flying Fool]

I posted a reply a couple of days ago, but didn't seem to take. So here we go again. Thanks for the replies. James you're right about the paint, it's about number 3 on the to do list for this summer. So no mildew smell inside, it doesn't seem to be hurting anything, and the insulation is already installed. So it stays. Also I've decided to use white pegboard on the walls and ceiling. Though I won't be using the hooks designed for pegboard, just attaching everything I need to the studs.