Tommylurve
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OK the bikes (and me) need a new house in the garden, I've got a budget of about £400 and an upper size limit of 7x7feet for the base. Anyone got any good shed advice. All suggestions welcome!
SHEDS! Any recommendations?
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If it were me I would steer away from a pre-built shed from a catalogue. £400 will get you a LOT of materials if you choose to build your own.
I would go for 3x2 pressure treated for the main structure with either shiplap or featheredge boarding for the outside. For the roof I would use external ply sheets (paint them with bitumen paint once there up) and cover in standard shed felt.
Inside you can choose to fill in the joists with cheap fibreglass insulation(if your planning on using the shed as a workshop?) and clad internally with whatever cheap sheet material you can get hold of.
I have done this a few times and always had good results. Just make sure you are liberal with the wood preserver on the frame and any other exposed timber components.
You can spec whatever size windows you like and the door doesn't have to be a standard width if your making it yourself.
All this does depend on you having access to table saw/mitre saw and some kind of ability with wood
If it were me I would steer away from a pre-built shed from a catalogue. £400 will get you a LOT of materials if you choose to build your own.
I would go for 3x2 pressure treated for the main structure with either shiplap or featheredge boarding for the outside. For the roof I would use external ply sheets (paint them with bitumen paint once there up) and cover in standard shed felt.
Inside you can choose to fill in the joists with cheap fibreglass insulation(if your planning on using the shed as a workshop?) and clad internally with whatever cheap sheet material you can get hold of.
I have done this a few times and always had good results. Just make sure you are liberal with the wood preserver on the frame and any other exposed timber components.
You can spec whatever size windows you like and the door doesn't have to be a standard width if your making it yourself.
All this does depend on you having access to table saw/mitre saw and some kind of ability with wood
futuristicoldman
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If it were me i'd be looking about for reclaimed bricks and building a fortress. Building aside check out ASGUARD bike lockers. I have one and its a fantastic bit of kit, If a cat so much as jumps onto its roof it wakes me up in the attic.
If it were me i'd be looking about for reclaimed bricks and building a fortress. Building aside check out ASGUARD bike lockers. I have one and its a fantastic bit of kit, If a cat so much as jumps onto its roof it wakes me up in the attic.
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That's some good advice, the mrs suggested making it from scratch, but talk of customisation has got me thinking. Brick base and wood upper maybe? It would be good if it were suitable as a workshop with space for a chair and a load of bikes, could use it when the sun goes down then!
That's some good advice, the mrs suggested making it from scratch, but talk of customisation has got me thinking. Brick base and wood upper maybe? It would be good if it were suitable as a workshop with space for a chair and a load of bikes, could use it when the sun goes down then!
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What are your restrictions height wise? 7x7 is fairly wee if you need to get a lot of bikes in, and use it as a workshop.
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Was thinking bout 7 feet high too, and storing the bikes mostly on the walls. There'll be about 5 in total. I know it's going to be snug but "workshop" will extend to a small tool chest and a stool in reality.
Was thinking bout 7 feet high too, and storing the bikes mostly on the walls. There'll be about 5 in total. I know it's going to be snug but "workshop" will extend to a small tool chest and a stool in reality.
I wouldn't worry too much about the wood vs brick thing. My old man had a wooden shed for years with his Harley, a few trials bikes and our push bikes in and we never had a problem. As long as you use coachbolts on the hinges and a personal preference would be to bolt them through a piece of flat steel bar on the door frame it should be well secure.
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