Advise me on sheds please....

[electric_monk]

In the next month or so I will be moving house and will be needing a shed for bike storage/maintenance etc.
I have 2 bikes and ideallly would like the shed to be able to accommodate one bike on a ramp, workbench and
storage for my accumulated bike stuff and still have room to park the other bike.
All ideas and advice on size, construction etc would be greatly appreciated as I want to get it right first time.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Giles]

I don't know how handy you are, but if you can build it yourself, you'll get twice the shed for your money ....


http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/265164-shed-build?highlight=shed+cedar+shingles

 

[Flipfly]

For sheds, have a look in the local dealers, there'll be a few secondhand WC's for sale now

 

[JJH]

Where u moving 2? My brother in law makes sheds but he is in Longford. Depending on your site you might be able to put down a concrete base and then build a shed on that. There's a guy in Carlow does them very well made and secure too. JJH

 

[brut33]

Before building my shed (12'x10') I paid a visit to a local supplier of garages and sheds. I then took loads of pics inside and out, so I could copy the design at home. Mine included a substantial roof truss because of the span, so got detailed pics of that. For the spars to make the frame I used studded wall beams from B&Q . I recommend the use of garage felt for the roof, it's worth paying the extra for. Best to use treated 3x3 decking beams spaced out 12" apart to sit the base on. Shiplap timber for the cladding.
The shed materials cost me £820 eight years ago. To buy a shed of this size would have cost me twice the price at the time.
I've got two bikes and it's a bit cramp. I think for your needs it would need to be bigger, but I hope this gives you some pointers for forming a plan.
A good cordless screwdriver with spare battery is a must.
I got a great sense of achievement by building it from scratch, I'm not a joiner but with the will and a little head scratching got a favourable result.
I will post a pic when I get home at the weekend.

 

[B Murr]

Yeah, if you can build it yourself. There's great satisfaction from that. A few threads on the site already, I remember Richie posting pics of a grass roofed build. If you intend staying in that house for a long time it's worth the effort of building something with at least a concrete base. I built mine about ten years ago and still get satisfaction from looking at my efforts. I have reinforced concrete base, wooden sides with cladding and concrete tiled roof. I also used brown upvc windows which were either misfits from the factory or being thrown away by a builder reworking a new house.

Build as big as you can get away with without crowding your garden. I build 11x14 and can see a situation in a few years where it will be a bit cramped due to bikes so wish I'd gone another few feet in both directions.

 

[Fanum]

If you do a Google search for 'Garden shed plans', you'll find many tens of free structural plans, complete with overall material requirements, step by step instructions and all sorts

 

[haditlowered]

build your own, i built mine this summer, it was good weather and i was off work so to speak, mines is 4.8 x 3.8, I've had 3 bikes in there, but i would go an extra metre either way if i had room in the garden, it's on a slope so i have 13" of concrete / hardcore at the back, make sure the concrete pad is at least 4" on a good hardcore insulated and polythene liner, i had a local concrete firm pour it but mine was pretty thick, don't bother with a wooden floor, you will get a lot of shed for £1200 quids worth of wood... i built 4 frames out of 3x2, nailed with 90mm ring nails from a roofers nail gun (Universal £295 from a mate of mine - like this one http://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/e...dless-gas-framing-nailer-kit-with-2-batteries , nail the boards on with a nail gun as well using 50mm nails, doors from Jewsons, you only want to do the roof once, so 4x2 pitched roof, 600mm spaced trusses, knock them up on the ground first (use the nailer!!), then fit to the shed, clad the roof in 12mm OSB again use the nailer 50mm nails, liner felt first - cheap stuff, then clad over that with these http://www.ikogroup.co.uk/Products/Pitched-Roof/Roofing-Shingles/Armourglass-Square-Butt/

line the frames with a membrane before you put the boards on, then just bolt the four frames together - add the roof, and and hang the doors!! i bought the wood, a nail gun, and a hitachi chop saw and the concrete base cheaper than you can get the same quality shed that i have built, id say all in about 2k, equivalent shed of this quality will cost you at least 4k for a self build kit less the base, anti won't be 3x2 walls with a 4x2 roof... and when your done, sell the saw and the nail gun...

 

[Ogmios]

Where u moving 2? My brother in law makes sheds but he is in Longford. Depending on your site you might be able to put down a concrete base and then build a shed on that. There's a guy in Carlow does them very well made and secure too. JJH

Were i to do it again - this is what i'd go for.
Best value for money and quality is a (well recommended) local doing sheds to a set 'recipe' and materials / but using your dimensions and spec.

 

[haditlowered]

couple more pic's

 

[electric_monk]

Unfortunately building it myself is not an option, neither got the time or the skills/patience.
Ogmios, did you forget a link or something?
JJH, moved to Waterford city 2 years ago and finally getting out of rented house for our own place. Still working in Dublin so
the long commute really cuts into family time.
Flipfly.....tut tut tut,

 

[haditlowered]

Unfortunately building it myself is not an option, neither got the time or the skills/patience.
Ogmios, did you forget a link or something?
JJH, moved to Waterford city 2 years ago and finally getting out of rented house for our own place. Still working in Dublin so
the long commute really cuts into family time.
Flipfly.....tut tut tut,

at least get a concert base down, don't wast money buying a shed with a wooden floor, save the dosh.. if you have one built skip the floor. I would also recommend those tiles on the roof, which you can fit over a liner felt the shed mftr will put on.

 

[JJH]

A cheap shead made out of cladding iron with a wooden fraame would probley do you but cold in winter hot in summer and problems with condensation Jjh

 

[JJH]

If you want a really good high end shed Google shomera 70 mm thick timbers masses of insulation. A 12 by 16 costs 12,000 but they put down the base and wire it up. You pays your money........ JJH

 

[john_aero]

I got steeltech insul shed

Great job and didnt cost much more over building my own

See my thread