Bike Storage: Wall mounts, stands, lock-ups, sheds, etc.

Sounds like you're sorted! my stuff is in a communal garage area where joe scum public could get to off the street.

Pretty pathetic question and excuse my ignorance... but can anyone advise me on how to go about safely drilling into a wall?

I want to mount a couple of pedal hooks in a Victorian era housing association flat.

I've been looking at different stud finders, electronic, digital and magnetic and the reviews seem to vary wildly on whether they work or not and on top of that I don't really know how I would interpret what they find.... i.e whether to drill into a stud, beside or avoid etc.

Itching to use my new Makita drill, any tips welcome.

Mine arrived last week, got it together just in time before it started pissing it down on Monday. The rain has been a nice chance to test the guttering I put on, the water butt is already full! Finally got the last coach bolts fitted this morning, I've had to file the holes on the hinge square so the head sits flush.

@iPete, I went for a Shed Shackle and 13mm chain inside and a mahoosive hasp/shackle. There's a little padbolt at the top too, that'll get locked during the day as well. The two bikes that get used most are probably going to get put on the wall but the rest will stand against the back.

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Any reason you went for pent instead of apex? Just curious.

I have no idea what type of hinges are being shipped with mine, I suppose I will find out tomorrow. I would hope with it being marketed as "Heavy Duty", they are not held on by exposed philips screws. If they are, there's a handy hardware shop near work where I can pick up some coach bolts and I have a spanking new set of files in the house so can spend Friday eve/Sat morning preparing. I have two very beefy U-hasps to fit at the top and bottom of the door which come with coach bolts and the is a standard locking handle/door knob type thing in the middle.

Accu-Weather is telling me the rain gods will have been suitably sated after today so delivery and erection should be hopefully more pleasant.

^^ how much does a shed like that cost? How hard is it to put it together? Can I put it on a decking?

...so delivery and erection should be hopefully more pleasant.

fnar

Your decking would likely need attention before that type shed would.

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@stevo_com I bought better hinges (Wickes heavy duty galvanised 450/400mm) that had holes just for screws. The ones that came with the shed were short, thin and also had no holes appropriate for coach bolts.

@amey Shed was £720 (fully pressure treated, heavy weight cladding), £30 for extra bearers with strips of damp proof membrane, £50 for guttering and water butt and there's about another £75 of bolts/washers/hinges in there. The hasp/staple, shed shackle, chain and padlocks were courtesy of Pragmasis (top quality stuff from @Pragma).

It's been set on paving slabs, but they are nowhere near level. I had to use extra treated wood to put shims every foot or so along the bearers so that the floor didn't flex/bounce. Fucking nightmare. You could put it on a deck, but the decking wouldn't like having water held against it. Better to cut away the area of decking and raise it up off the ground to be level with the decking by using breeze blocks.

Sorting the base (ie shimming the bearers and getting them in the right place) took as long as building the thing. Once I had the floor down it took about 6h with a couple of friends for heavy lifting/strategic holding of bits. It was especially difficult because I was building it into a corner so I was having to preassemble things and then move them into place in large sections. I also spent as long fitting door/hinges/hasps etc as I did the rest of the shed. SO. MUCH. FILING.

Good advice, decking needs attention as well .. one (or more) joist is rotten, if I get a shed it won't be that big.

Our backyard is in 3 parts, tiled area which also has an extension, then some grass and then decking at the very end with no backyard access to the property so safety isnt much of an issue. Ideally I want to use the shed to dump shit (paint, tiles etc.) and less flashy bikes/projects.

Sounds reasonable. I went with 8'6"x7" as I only had that much width and didn't want to take away too much of the rest of the garden/yard/paving nightmare. Hopefully the stuff I can move into the shed will increase tidiness and usable space.

BTW @stevo_com I went with a pent because it would allow me to stand up everywhere in the shed without it sticking up too much above the fencing. I have some spare hardware bits if they're useful, PM me if you're interested/want to hard learnt technique on filing the hinges.

Link to where you bought the shed from?

Ace Sheds. They deliver to most parts of London and I think SE gets a pretty cheap rate actually. Also, installation/erection (fnar) is only about £70 if you aren't into that kinda thing.

perfect! in SE and £70 isnt too steep. Will get the decking sorted first.

Yeah, they'll want a base ready to go if you go for installation. Go for concrete if you're faffing already, they can recommend someone, or paving slabs+bricks if you're feeling northern. Would definitely suggest the extra bearers and damp proof membrane trick too, the more water you can keep away from it the better

I ordered the extra bearers and picked up a roll of damp proof course too. Will find out on Sat just how level the concrete is.

If it's any consolation, all the little flexes I was noticing disappeared as soon as I put the walls in place. Weight FTW!
This paving was genuinely awful, the total range of heights was about 15mm. Shocking. If it was mine I would have ripped it up and laid it fresh.

Cool. I imagine it would be nigh on impossible to have a perfectly level surface in a real world application. The idea being to reduce as much of the flex as possible to remove any undue focussed stress points on the structure. There will be a certain amount of tolerance in this but the more you do to mitigate, the better. As you have done.

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Here is my solution to the storage of my fleet. It ain't pretty but it works. Excuse the piss poor pictures, the narrowness of the corridor makes it impossible to get a decent angle.

I modified the spacing of the brackets to get them as close together as possible. Getting the bikes to fit together without touching is more work than you might think..

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neat!

Need longer coach bolts for the U-hasps on the frame side and the hinges came fixed with standard Screws so going to put some araldite/resin into the heads of those rather than swapping out 30 Screws for coach bolts.

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