The property is on a rise and so we are mostly immune from the floods. However the stream, that we normally refer to as the driveway, ends at the shed. There is a shallow drain to divert this around the shed. However it is not deep enough to cope with a one in 100 year rain event. So the water came into the shed.
In 2011 I didn't have much of a workshop setup in there. That all came since.
I dealt with this in a very effective way. I kept the shed door closed and pretended I didn't see what was going on. :2tsup:
However when the Mt Crosby water treatment plant failed, I had to go into the shed to get some water containers. That's when my problems started because then I could see that my collection of timber had been sitting in some water. Water that doesn't smell too good. :~
Of course I have done the right thing, and closed up that shed and pretended I never saw it. :2tsup:
That's not working out quite as well as I had hoped but I'm fresh out of better ideas.
So all and all, this is a disadvantage of storing your timber upright on the floor.
Especially since I have doubts that my shed floor has a waterproof membrane under the concrete.
Given the devastation other people are going through, we got away with almost no damage. Just the ends of my timber collection. Plus probably some damage to workshop cabinet legs I have not seen. And whatever consequences I get from that. Hence, I'm just not going to worry about it. We are moving later this year anyway so I'm not making any more changes to the shed setup. I'm not sure if I should cut all the ends of the timber or just leave it until after we move. After the move I will have about a hundred things on the list to do in the new house so realistically the timber will sit until some time next year at least. Which maybe doesn't matter if it dries out. Or maybe it does matter if it rots.
More storms are coming our way apparently but the good news is that my shed has holes and gaps everywhere so it always drys out with the door shut. :2tsup:
Feel free to share your flood stories. I know for a fact so many people have it a million times worse.
Also what do you think?
* stay out of the shed and pretend it is all fine? (current strategy) :2tsup:
* if possible, get all the timber temporarily off the floor and try my best to air dry the ends off? (It would then have to go back on the floor due to space limitations. This would be a massive pain due to shed already being choker full coz I'd lose the only workspace I have left).
* Cut all the ends off the timber collection. (Includes slabs). then put back on top of some sacrificial ply to keep off floor?
* Leave the timber there and let it dry out naturally and see what happens 2 months from now? (current strategy worded differently to try and get more votes for being lazy and doing nothing) :2tsup: