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Soldato
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Hi

I have a small front 'garden' (Basically a small bit of concreted over land outside my house) that I would quite like to put a bike storage shed on; my back garden has no side return y'see...

I am thinking of getting a couple of bike anchors bolted into the concrete, and putting a shelter with no floor over the top.

There are a few problems though:

1) There is a manhole cover right where I want to put the shed. As long as there is a way of accessing this (i.e. the shed itself can be unbolted from the ground and moved) it should be OK, right? (Thinking something like this http://www.trimetals.co.uk/product/metal-bike-storage/)

2) All the shelters I have seen seem to be hideously expensive. If the bikes are secured to very secure stands, I don't need a high security shed do I? Currently this project looks like it could cost about £700 by the time I get the anchors to lock the bikes to drilled in and everything else that goes with it.

Any help on how I can do this on the cheap would be appreciated :)
 
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Yep there are a few problems with the Asgard ones:

1) They all have floors so would sit right over the manhole cover, which would mean having to level all the ground out perfectly, as opposed to just making sure the 4 legs of the shed are level

2) The way the doors open on it is not really ideal for the slightly odd space that I have to work with.
 
If I was in your position, I'd build a wooden frame with corrugated plastic for coverings, and drive a standard metal loop into the concrete. Wouldn't be very attractive but it would certainly be cheap and you can hide most of it behind a hedge.

I've done the same, save the corrugated plastic because the boss won't allow it because its ugly. Suffice to say only our crap about town bikes go out front - I wouldn't leave any valuable bikes out in the weather.
 
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