Do you have a secure bike shed?

[Phil.]

Hi

Recently moved into a new place with a free standing garage that looks like a strong breeze would blow it over.

Can't afford to have a garage built right now so was looking at these metal sheds with a budget of around a grand, but the reviews seem quite mixed.

I'd appreciate it anyone could recommend a good model and supplier.

Thanks

[slowlydoesit]

[TomReilly]

[i.p.phrealy]

you can probably buy a concrete one off ebay for less than that.
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[mudcow007]

handy with a welder?

buy/ build a wooden then build a steel frame inside the shed to make it a doubly hard bastard.

wooden sheds can be opened with a blunt spoon, metal reinforced sheds cant

[Baffler186]

Was just wondering - could you not buy the bricks, cement, lintels etc and get someone to build it? In my experience there's always someone who knows someone's son who is eager for cash work. And AFAIK you wouldn't have to worry about building regs - just need to get the lights and sockets put in by a proper electrician (which is what I did, cost me £170 for two strip lights, running the cable from the house, couple of sockets and a proper fuse box, and labour). Just an idea if you can be bothered to price it up etc. Wouldn't have to be that big would it?
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[Pete.]

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Id be tempted to go for a cheap wooden one, but not use the base that comes with the shed, and instead install a concrete slab and a good ground anchor.

The shed wouldnt provide much in the way of security, but just stop people seeing what is inside. Security would be via a big feck off chain through the anchor.

When you do build the garage, you already have the concrete foundations pre-built so no cash wasted
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[bugeye_bob]

Google Bike safe, Awesome and very, very secure,
If you bide your time they come up for £700 but new I believe they are around £1500.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Secure-a-Bike-Motorcycle-storage-shed-metal-garage-for-motorbike-/181404377240?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2a3c8b2098

[rhys1005]

YES

Spent £1000 on one infact. Made of plywood, thick wooden supports, doors reinforced with two thick sheets of plywood,frame concreteted into concrete base, 3 huge shed hinges on either side, double doors, reinforced roof (like the old cottages), shit load of locks, a security bar across the door with a shutter lock, ground anchors, almax chain/ abloy locks and loads of other shit. Enough room for 6 motorcycles and it's full (family of bikers) so obviously can't risk someone breaking in.

Took a while as was built from scratch no plans etc. I'll post pics some pics later.

Oh and make the shed as large as you can because you will want more bikes and a small shed restricting you is annoying (I'm being forced to sell the ktm )

Concrete base very important aswell as a reinforced roof, definatly use thick plywood for the walls as it's easy to throw together and you can make it look pretty afterwards. Double doors also important.

[mudcow007]

[hedgehugger]

We've got one of these
https://www.trimetals.co.uk/motorcycle-storage.php

It used to get condensation on the ceiling, so we glued (and then bungied when the glue melted) polystyrene to the ceiling. That stopped that.

We moved ours with us when we moved house.
We added extra locks as the one they provide is little.

With some of the horrendous rain we've had, blowing in all directions it sometimes, somehow, drives the rain in through the vents, and if it's really bad it can get in through the roof edges. Normal rain is fine, just some of the exceptional stuff we've had over the past year or so.

[CaNsA]

[Codemonkey]

For what its worth, if your current garage has a half decent concrete base and you could get rid of the old garage, you could get a concrete prefab one for not much more. I paid £1500 for mine brand new, all I had to do was have a base already laid, they did the rest, took them about 3 hours to build it, much better than any shed!
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[hmmmnz]

no, i have insurance, why would i give a fuck if it was stolen??
only reason to have a shed in my opinion is to have somewhere to work on the bikes and to keep them dry,
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[reddeviljp]

[CaNsA]

[CaNsA]

[unluckyluke]

[Snorty]

I paid £1280 for a concrete one. Erected.

Useful for doing little bits with the bike as well.

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1533743_10153580305195332_706908763_n.jpg
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[hmmmnz]

[Phil.]

Thanks for all the responses.

I am definitely swayed more towards a prefab garage given the comparative costs.

I do like the look of some of the more secure options mentioned but the cost and just being able to store the bike is putting me right off.

Snorty was that price including foundations? Do you need planning permission for that kind of garage?

Thanks

[Snorty]

[pepperami]

Do I have a secure shed for my bikes?

Hell yer! all four bikes are locked to the ground and my heavy duty work-bench, locked and bolted double doors, car parked right in front of the doors, and a fukc-off new solid security door at the back of the garage + a yapppy dog and worst of all for a would be thief, MY MISSUS !
The two bikes nearst the doors are alarmed and every bike has a steering lock or a disc-lok.

I think I might know if someone was trying to nick my bikes?
They dont want to get caught in the garage with a Pepperami on the loose that`s for sure
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