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Workshop / Shed Size?
Craizeehair:
I am considering building a wooden shed / workshop to help facilitate my first minor restoration project and generally help with routine maintenance on the bikes I already have.
Ideally I’m looking to get some feedback on what size I would need to have a bike lift, room for a small bench, tools etc. I would like enough room to walk around the lift and have enough access on all sides to work without struggling for space.
Any real life experience would be helpful. I’m pretty lucky as my wife has given the go ahead, I have the choice of down the bottom of the garden, which would require a new hard standing installing, or I can put one on the exisiting patio.
On the patio, I would be able to go approx 16 x 8 max, would 12 x 8 give me enough? I’ve marked it out and it seems ok but real life experiences would be really helpful.
It only needs to be a space for one bike as I can cram them in the main garage but there isn’t enough space in there for the bikes and to carry out the work.
Ideally I would like 20 x 10 but I think that may well be overkill?
Thanks in advance
Greg
mickwinf:
whatever size you get you will fill it up! I have a 26 x 10 and its full. 12 x 8 would be ok as a dedicated workshop.
Nurse Julie:
It's the height at the roof apex that's most critical if you want to use a ramp. Also, you need extra floor bearers put in to spread the load of the ramp with the bike on it. Ideally, the working base needs to be concrete instead of timber. 16' x 8' at the minimum.
Craizeehair:
--- Quote from: mickwinf on August 04, 2023, 01:22:18 PM ---whatever size you get you will fill it up! I have a 26 x 10 and its full. 12 x 8 would be ok as a dedicated workshop.
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Thanks, that’s good to know as it could be a dedicated workshop as I do have the garage attached to the house for other ‘stuff’
Trigger:
--- Quote from: Craizeehair on August 04, 2023, 01:28:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: mickwinf on August 04, 2023, 01:22:18 PM ---whatever size you get you will fill it up! I have a 26 x 10 and its full. 12 x 8 would be ok as a dedicated workshop.
--- End quote ---
Thanks, that’s good to know as it could be a dedicated workshop as I do have the garage attached to the house for other ‘stuff’
--- End quote ---
Then buy a a big shed and empty to stuff from the garage and use the garage ;)
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