Show me your shed

How about attaching a 2x4 on the studs on the back wall, and mounting hooks for the front wheels on that?

As someone who will hopefully be putting together a similar thing together soon, may I ask a bit about the construction on this? Brick under the wood exterior? Was planning permission needed for something of this size? (I've read the outbuildings bit on the planning portal but still a bit in the dark)

It's all wood construction - no brickwork at all. It sits on a grid of 12 concrete 'piers'. The walls are, from the inside --> out, Plasterboard, OSB, cellotex insulation (75mm), ply, breather membrane, battens (with air gap), cladding.

It's officially under 2500mm tall (ahem.....) so no planning permission was required. As long as no one measures the height too closely. (I originally designed it to be 2400mm but ended up raising the pitch of them roof last minute so I think it's around 2520mm now).

Happy to give you any more details if it helps.

ah that's awesome, thank you. Basically I was just worried about brickwork being needed to make something properly dry and secure. I'm hoping to replace an existing summerhouse scenario with something more useable, but reckon if I start building legit walls it might raise some questions.

Brick will presumably outlast wooden construction, but I reckon it's a bit overkill for something like this. I work in mine all year round and it's super toasty in the winter (an hour of an electric heater in the morning is enough when it's cold). I used double glazed patio doors, which are pretty secure, and you'd have a job getting through the 10cm+ of various building materials that comprise the walls.

Can anyone recommend decent garage racking/shelving? Needs to be sturdy for inevitable children climbing up it, ideally touch over 2m tall and adaptable for 3/4 shelves etc as needed.
I'm looking for total width of maybe 5 metres but can bolt smaller units together

MachineMart?

@Tallboy this company has a lot of shelves and seem to have various qualities. Re the kids climbing on it, if it were me, I'd screw to the wall near the top of each upright and bolt them together.

Co-worker has these ones lining a garage wall - https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cs41000bo-heavy-duty-boltless-shelving/ - pricey but buy once, last forever. They swear by them, loaded with machine tools and storage boxes BUT on a concrete floor. Also fixed back, even though you'd need to be a giant to tip them. I just need a garage - these would drop straight through my shed floor.

Those last ones look quality, good height too, hate wasting height and it's good to have a high top shelf for really dangerous stuff
Bolting to wall is a given, everything is bolted to wall in my house!
Thanks all, some good tips

I have a question for those of you who use a posh shed as a place of work.
When i first quite my previous job, i build myself a studio/office in my garden, which i now work in. It's also used for bike storage and stuff, so not solely a place of work.
I'm doing my first years books since going self employed and i gather i can effectively charge myself rent for it. Anyone done this? If so, what kind of amount seems reasonable?

Speak to your accountant, but you can't change yourself rent, but you may be able to charge for use of home premises, I work from home, in the spare room as my office, and I am here 99% of the time, I can draw ~£200 per month for use of home premises.

Yeah I did chat to my accountant in the end - I can include some in my expenses but not as much as I thought. I think it gets more complicated if I was a ltd company (capital gains etc?).

tax thread >>>>>>

More photos of sheds please. I need to live vicariously through this thread until I get outdoor space of my own.

Soz. Here's a fox on my shed.

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old stable where i keep all my bikes and bits - very cold in winter but dry and relatively spacious

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Swoon.

its a massive bitch when you drop bolts etc on the floor - they become invisible

Could you paint the floor (or the working area) white?

Looks a bit grubby for paint, job for a lino offcut if I ever saw one.

Agreed - have been thinking about some light coloured lino- would hopefully stop anything I drop bouncing off into far away random parts of the floor too

A peek into the mess that is my garage/shed. At the moment there is a shit car stuffed in there as well. Car will be scrapped and some decent storage will be built. It'll probably take a few years...

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That looks like a pleasant place to be.

@Sparky , you really need a shed soon.

Tell me about it. I'm getting really fed up with London. Seems to hamper me in doing all the things I enjoy. I'd love a bit more free time and some space to tinker and build stuff. We keep looking at houses and talking about putting the flat up for sale but the prospect of sorting it all out is a bit intimidating when you're both busy. How's life in Norfolk?