Show us your sheds

-K2-

I'm deciding on a garden shed which I mostly want for storing bikes, along with some other garden stuff. I haven't decided on the size needed yet. It will most likely be a concrete block shed with concrete floor.

Sadly keeping the bikes in the house isn't an option.

The basic requirements are:

• Store 3 road bikes. I'm guessing that hanging on the wall would be best. I'll add wall/floor anchors for security.
• Wife's bike. This is a 20kg hybrid so it will be kept on the ground
• Kids' bikes x 2. Again kept on the floor.
• Some garden stuff. A small electric lawnmower, strimmer and a few tools.
• Sufficient floorspace to put one of the road bikes on a stand for maintenance without having to move stuff out.

Any ideas on size? Perhaps posting a photo of the inside of your bike shed/palace would also give me ideas on layout.


Thanks!

padjo5

Great idea for a thread K2, I'm in a similar position. Looking forward to seeing some serious palaces!

NeedMoreGears

I have a ten by eight metal shed in which I store

1 x Road
3 x mountain
1 x lady's sit up and beg
2 x smaller kids bike

100's and 100s' of tonnes of crap that somehow made it's way into my bike palace (lawnmower, dege trimmers, tools, wetsuits, high pressure water thingy........)

There is enough to comfortably store things but nothing like enough to get a bike on a workstand. You could be looking at 10 x12 to allow for inevitable migration of other stuff into your workshop.

flatface

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

I have a ten by eight metal shed...

Lumen

Want.

http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-cycle-storage/bike-maintenance-shed-plus

godtabh

I got a nice wooden shed (more like a hutch!). Stores 2 bikes and lots if crap. Its only 1.6m wide by 1.2 deep I think. Cab get bigger and customers made from a place in Wicklow. Mine was €300 odd

stecleary

just ordered a 10x10 metal shed today
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7058529.htm

cant wait for it to get here, lots of spanner spinning and blasphemous shouting at random objects that are just not doing what i want them to do.
the three bikes in the kitchen will finally have a new home

crosstownk

Lumen wrote: »

Want.

http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-cycle-storage/bike-maintenance-shed-plus

A golf course would give their right arm to have the green surface your man has.

I need a new shed myself. My road bike resides in the house as there's no room in the shed because my hybrid, her bike, the kids bikes and the gardening sh1t consume all the space.

greenmat

Security is one of the most important features to consider when building/buying a shed, don't skimp on the locks.

Wishbone Ash

-K2- wrote: »

....It will most likely be a concrete block shed with concrete floor...

Please allow me to be envious! My dream!

I have to be content storing my four bikes in a tiny wooden shed in a postage stamp sized Dublin rear garden with the garden gear, barbeque and assorted other crap etc.

(As an aside, a neighbour, who resides in a stand-alone house near me, sought my assistance recently in relation to SPD SL's as he just got into cycling. I was in awe of his shed. It was massive and full of all types of outdoor gear - speedboats, kyaks, cannoes, scuba diving gear, jet skis, wet suits, skis, shooting gear, archery gear, hiking gear etc.)

TonyStark

greenmat wrote: »

Security is one of the most important features to consider when building/buying a shed, don't skimp on the locks.

or what the lock is attached to..

WillyFXP

Lumen wrote: »

Want.

http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-cycle-storage/bike-maintenance-shed-plus

Very convenient vents in the side wall for getting the cut started with tin snips, 5 minutes and you'd have a nice extra door :rolleyes:

shaydy

godtabh wrote: »

I got a nice wooden shed (more like a hutch!). Stores 2 bikes and lots if crap. Its only 1.6m wide by 1.2 deep I think. Cab get bigger and customers made from a place in Wicklow. Mine was €300 odd

Do you recall the supplier by any chance?

Konkers

My shed/ well garage.

Went in there thurs nite at 8 when the kids were in bed to put in some mud guards and emerged at 11.45........ Woobegone what happened the time.........

purple cow

Konkers wrote: »

My shed/ well garage.

Went in there thurs nite at 8 when the kids were in bed to put in some mud guards and emerged at 11.45........ Woobegone what happened the time.........

Here's mine. Looks shocking in this picture. It looks like a bicycle thiefs shed!!

1 road bike
1 MTB
1 wife's hybrid
5 kids bike (only have 3 kids, so two bikes to go to rothar)

Some nice internal doors there, if anyone is interested :-)

Idleater

Shed, sedum roof, heating exchanger, etc.
Internal mess/storage facility for excess junk not shown.

Planet X

Where's Lenny?

Idleater

Planet X wrote: »

Where's Lenny?

Possibly filling in forms for retention of a second dwelling :-)

Scrappy600

My 10x12

Planet X

Idleater wrote: »

Possibly filling in forms for retention of a second dwelling :-)

Or having girls spinning classes.....:)

veetwin

10x13 steel shed with concrete floor, shelving and work bench. Best money I ever spent.

Planet X

"Gravity"

JamBur

What do ye do to stop the problem of condensation inside metal sheds at this time of year?

Scrappy600

JamBur wrote: »

What do ye do to stop the problem of condensation inside metal sheds at this time of year?

Never been a problem for me, as long as the vents are kept clear and air is allowed flow then I've never seen moisture in there

outfox

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Please allow me to be envious! My dream!
(As an aside, a neighbour, who resides in a stand-alone house near me, sought my assistance recently in relation to SPD SL's as he just got into cycling. I was in awe of his shed. It was massive and full of all types of outdoor gear - speedboats, kyaks, cannoes, scuba diving gear, jet skis, wet suits, skis, shooting gear, archery gear, hiking gear etc.)

Yeah, but is he happy? [couldn't decide which emoticon to put here]

Wishbone Ash

outfox wrote: »

Yeah, but is he happy? [couldn't decide which emoticon to put here]

He always seems very happy!

(I forgot to mention that there was a load of fishing gear also and a caravan and a motorhome!)

Chips Lovell

Shed porn. I get four bikes in mine, along with a heap of wheels, tools and parts.

Lumen

Not mine.

ZiabR

Scrappy600 wrote: »

My 10x12

Thats a lovely setup, nice and clean, everything in its place.

tomasrojo

(edit: not that my stuff is valuable, but perhaps, as said later, it's not that prudent to tell the world at large what you keep in your shed.)

krissovo

I need a shed as I am using an old non roadworthy nissan van right now. Anyone know a company who will supply and fit with a concrete floor? 10x12 looks perfect from these pics!

Konkers

Lumen wrote: »

Not mine.

And a drive in cinema to boot..........
The projector is a nice touch.

Scrappy600

logik wrote: »

Thats a lovely setup, nice and clean, everything in its place.

It's been changed around a bit since I took that, bench is now on the right wall along with the shelves and a stand on the rear wall and on the left. White floor is an absolute pain to keep clean but I used to race motorbikes and the white floor makes it very easy to see an oil leak. Also makes it easy to find bits you've dropped. I could do with a third cheap stand to put the roadie on now as it's sharing the stand with the downhill bike.

Got the shed for an absolute steal too, think it cost me €510 and there's probably 60-70 quid of wood in the base and the floor is made of sheets of 3/4 ply

yop

Konkers wrote: »

And a drive in cinema to boot..........
The projector is a nice touch.

Think thats for the electric door.

JoeySully

JamBur wrote: »

What do ye do to stop the problem of condensation inside metal sheds at this time of year?

I got a 10*8 metal shed from Argos 2 years ago. I put it straight down on the patio which was a mistake, although im renting so didn't want to spend a fortune on it. The patio is now the floor and in winter the condensation is very bad. I tried putting vents in the roof which didn't help much.

Just yesterday I was out drying the inside of the roof with a towel :rolleyes:

When I heard people complaining about condensation in metal sheds I never expected it to be actually dripping down from the roof.

I plastic barrier sheet is really needed for the base. A wooden base with a plastic sheet underneath or concrete would be even better. Some insulate the roof to help too.
Wooden sheds are better for condensation but I guess a good base is really needed for these too or you bikes will be rusty in no time. My bike is kept in the nice warm Garage . hers lives in the shed

ford2600

When I heard people complaining about condensation in metal sheds I never expected it to be actually dripping down from the roof.

If roof has non drip sheeting this won't be a problem. learnt this the hard way I'm afraid to say

AstraMonti

Here is mine. Fits 5 bikes, plus wheels and boxes of gear, plus gardening stuff. I 've put a tubular heater that comes on few times a day to keep humidity low.

Wishbone Ash

JoeySully wrote: »

...or you bikes will be rusty in no time...

Only steel bikes rust!

Idleater

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Only steel bikes rust!

You are of course correct, specifically, rust is oxidised ferrite, one of the many elements that makeup a steel alloy.
Aluminium oxidises very quickly when exposed to air, and Aluminum oxide can be nicely coloured when the oxidation process is controlled.

lennymc

i got one of these a couple of years ago.



its about 16 sq metres, lots of room, holds all my bikes and tools and stuff, has sattelite tv, alarmed, ground anchors etc. Dont have any photos of mine at the moment, but it does me fine.

Lumen

^^ that's very modest lenny, you didn't even go for a second storey.

Scrappy600

JoeySully wrote: »

I got a 10*8 metal shed from Argos 2 years ago. I put it straight down on the patio which was a mistake, although im renting so didn't want to spend a fortune on it. The patio is now the floor and in winter the condensation is very bad. I tried putting vents in the roof which didn't help much.

Just yesterday I was out drying the inside of the roof with a towel :rolleyes:

When I heard people complaining about condensation in metal sheds I never expected it to be actually dripping down from the roof.

I plastic barrier sheet is really needed for the base. A wooden base with a plastic sheet underneath or concrete would be even better. Some insulate the roof to help too.
Wooden sheds are better for condensation but I guess a good base is really needed for these too or you bikes will be rusty in no time. My bike is kept in the nice warm Garage . hers lives in the shed

Again,, I've never ever seen condensation in mine but that may be down to how we built it, this was the base we built







Before I laid the floor in it I put down a layer of plastic sheeting again and laid the floor on top of that

rollingscone

Scrappy600 wrote: »

My 10x12

This is a whole new type of bike porn...

Kav0777

Lumen wrote: »

Not mine.

Flat eric's?

kerry4sam

The concept behind this thread is good; but for people to be showing their own personal sheds is just asking for trouble imo.

It would not be hard to identify people behind a user-name even while just scrutinising posting history on here!
For people to put on display where they keep valuables and how they are stored; not to mention showing the detail on entry & exits into said property is just crying out for their valuables to be stolen.

If people were to post examples, random examples would be okay in my eyes, but surely not their own personal storage buildings?!

Just my cautious tuppence,
kerry4sam

Scrappy600

kerry4sam wrote: »

The concept behind this thread is good; but for people to be showing their own personal sheds is just asking for trouble imo.

It would not be hard to identify people behind a user-name even while just scrutinising posting history on here!
For people to put on display where they keep valuables and how they are stored; not to mention showing the detail on entry & exits into said property is just crying out for their valuables to be stolen.

If people were to post examples, random examples would be okay in my eyes, but surely not their own personal storage buildings?!

Just my cautious tuppence,
kerry4sam

I've put nothing on here that reveals my location other than what town I live in in the user box. If you're gonna come look in every back garden in the whole town to see if you can find me you're welcome to try.....

Chips Lovell

Next thread:

Show us your dog.

Scrappy600

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Next thread:

Show us your dog.

Aw crap I don't have one. Or do I? Maybe I just don't want you to come and steal it.....

lionela

Just a thought here.....metal in any form will sweat in the winter and in my experience I have had to deal with droplets of moisture falling from the roof (underside)
Even my metal gates on my Garage sweat like hell in winter even though the roof iS clad with 2" Kingspan material.

Just a consideration !!!

yop

lionela wrote: »

Just a thought here.....metal in any form will sweat in the winter and in my experience I have had to deal with droplets of moisture falling from the roof (underside)
Even my metal gates on my Garage sweat like hell in winter even though the roof iS clad with 2" Kingspan material.

Just a consideration condensation!!!

IFTFU

gman2k

I've yet to fit it out properly as a bike workshop. I'm waiting on Mrs. Gman2k to reposition it on site to suit her needs!