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    Ventilation under decking

    Like most people my filter is under decking. With all the constant rain we get in Manchester and me painting my decking with a treatment that is fish safe I got from Canada bits of mould and the beginning of wet rot is appearing in places.
    is like to put a fan to circulate the air more in there. Does anyone make small air powered ones as I could run it off the air pump or anyone else have any ideas.
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    Is there any air gaps in your decking? If not them maybe try a couple of fan grills to let some movement of air under there and it wouldn't cost anything to run just a few quid for the 2 vents.

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    The paint you applied may not allow the timber breath properly and the moisture is getting trapped inside the timber/under the layer of paint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by farmergoggin View Post
    The paint you applied may not allow the timber breath properly and the moisture is getting trapped inside the timber/under the layer of paint.

    good suggestion but its not that as I only painted the side facing the sky and the treatment I got from canada lets the wood breathe as it is not a sealant.

    the timbers are wet on the frame work of the decking underneath and the supporting structures.

    need more ventilation in there.

    Jim

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    https://thenaturalgardener.co.uk/lif..._treatment.php

    thats the stuff. had to go organic as my filter sits underneath all the planking and framing.

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    sounds cheaper in the long run to replace with composite
    the slow pond build thread

 

 

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