Building A Bike Shed

This, https://www.cranegardenbuildings.co.uk/articles/planning-permission-for-garden-buildings, is relevant, as is this, https://www.tuin.co.uk/. There is a man cave thread on this forum. Andy

 

Tuin offer a bespoke build and you can have the door anywhere you like. The “log” system is pretty robust. Andy

 

I have a timber frame garage /workshop. Clad with Cedral which comes in loads of colours and looks like painted planks. No hassle with wood treatment etc. Also has a fire rating.
Shed is insulated with natural wool and clad with board inside. Industrial Velux skylights in bitumen felt roof.

Electric sockets.
Not a drop of condensation.
8 x 3.
18k 7 years ago.

 

I have a Dunster House wood workshop/summer house, 5m x 3m, 50mm thick timber, builds like Lego! It’s ten years old and has only needed 2 coats of good quality protection. It’s weather tight and does breathe ok so no issues with condensation

 

Just pay someone to do the timbercare if you can’t be bothered , it wouldn’t need doing that often and would be a days labour at most.

 

I also have a 6 x 3.5 x 4.5 high Lugaarde 50mm log cabin. Took 2 days to build in July 2005.
We had it recoated for the first time this year.
Expands and contracts significantly over the course of the year.
Hot in summer, cold in winter.
Does get condensation but I don’t care as no bikes in it!
Built a mezzanine inside it for sleepovers when offspring were young.
Cost 5k at the time.. Blimey, cheap!

 

If you’re just looking for secure bike storage you’ll need something from these guys: https://www.asgardsss.co.uk/

 

...don't forget your "stuff" expands to fill the space

 

i built my own about 15odd years ago using 22mm Sarkin boards, ship lapped. including the doors. i've only painted it twice using Creoseal and the wood is still pretty much perfect and ferk me, do we get the weather. including clearing the ground, concrete base, studs, wiring and roof using some kind of chunky, plastic coated corrugated steel i cant mind the name of, it took me about 6months to build and less than 2k in materials. god knows what that is in today's money right enough but still worth it. just shy of 14ft by 11. big enough to store 3-4 bikes comfortably with plenty of room for working on two. bit of a learning curve but worth it.
would i do it again while holding down a full-time job?
Nope.

 

Don't do what we did and bought a metal shed. We don't need to use it for the bikes, which is a blessing as it creates so much condensation in there, that anything of any value has to go in plastic sealed boxes. As time and finances allow, we're going to get rid of it and replace it with a wooden structure instead.

 

Bit of autocorrect going on there @Red899 ?

 

Crikey how time flies, can't believe it's 7 years..

 

With your outline for the size (over 30M3) positioning to plot boundary (looks within 1M of fence), possible use of combustible materials in construction etc. you would need building regs approval, even if you don’t need planning permission.
Some ignore this requirement and find out when they try and sell their house why it was cheaper / better to get approval when the new structure was built.

 

And the same could be said of a concrete/brick built garage with a metal roof.

This was what I had and the condensation in the winter was ludicrous. I resolved it by glueing carpet underlay to the inside of the roof.