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Waterproofing is important to prevent leaks and keep the timber framing dry. Your shed has been supplied with a roll of DPC tape (Damp Proof
Course)
If your shed is positioned on a concrete or raised timber floor it is important that you install the DPC before attaching the cladding to prevent water
flowing between the bottom plate and floor.
AROUND THE BASE
• Starting at one corner, run a length of DPC tape across the front of the shed from one corner to the other. Holding the top of the tape flush with the top of the
bottom timber frame (overlapping the concrete floor) nail it to the base plate using 30mm clouts about 600mm apart. See the blue highlights in the diagrams
below.
• Wrap the tape around the corner and nail it in the same position to the other 3 sides of the shed.
CORNERS AND DOOR STUDS
• On the front corner, start the DPC flush with the top of the top timber plate. Fold it around the corner of the stud and tack it on both faces of the stud a 30mm
clout on each side. See red highlights on the diagrams.
• Run the tape down the stud to the bottom of the base plate and cut. Nail at the bottom the same as we did at the top and put 3 more 30mm clouts evenly
spaced up the front and side faces of the stud. Repeat with the other 3 corners.
• Repeat with 2 x door studs from the bottom of the base plate up under the door lintel. Nail as with the corners.
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ATTACHING DPC TO FRAME
DPC
DPC nailed to the Corner Stud
DPC nailed to the Corner Stud
