I have been happily enjoying the new boat shed with one exception. The dreaded condensation issue. I knew going in that this was a concern with fabric type buildings so I tried to do as much as I could to alleviate the issue. But so far no go. Here are some recent pictures of what is going on.
The thing that I find interesting is that the condensation is only on the light colored portion of the fabric cover. All in all it has been a bit underwhelming. I had hoped to store my sails and some tools in the boat shed during the winters. But at the first sign of mildew on the sail bag, the sail came home to the house and the tools were moved into an insulated box.
That said I am not completely giving up. First it has been pretty wet since I put up the shed and the gravel has never really had a chance to dry out. We probably got 5 inches of rain which sort of got trapped between the gravel and my moisture barrier. I also was way negligent in installing a gable end vent for better circulation.
So I went after that task yesterday and I am not quite sure why I procrastinated so much. It was easy and fast.
I also hung an inexpensive box fan in front of the vent to really help the ventilation.
I came back today after leaving the fan on overnight and there was a noticeable change. Our weather had changed from dripping fog to damp and overcast, but the shed was much dryer and there were far less droplets on the ceiling. In addition the gravel pad was starting to lighted a bit in color. So I am still hopeful that this will be a workable solution in for our climate.