Bike Shelter
Generally I can't build anything without wonky bits sticking out all over, but a bit of planning and I managed to build a bike shelter in my front garden:


Got a tasty scar up the inside of my right arm too after getting a bit over-enthusiastic hammering in the ground anchors, falling over and nearly impaling myself on one.
( chthonic, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:09, 10 replies)

I'd put some creosote on those uprights, unless you want to be building a new one each year.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:17, closed)

Already pressure-treated
(being fence posts cut down) but yes. They are now stained a lovely deep black/brown, and have been in place for three years without a problem.
( chthonic, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:24, closed)

What's that you've put on top?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:37, closed)

it's that box-sectioned polycarbonate you can get for greenhouses/conservatory roofs
Cheap, structural and has a nice crisp edge.

It's screwed down to the wood below with little rubber o-rings around the screws to stop water getting through. Works rather well.

I'd intended to put another piece of wood across to support it, but it doesn't seem to need it.
( chthonic, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:47, closed)

Excellent work.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:50, closed)

Nicely done.
I especially like how it's tilted so that the rain will run off into the hedge for extra watering. (Not that that's really needed in England, but still...)
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:54, closed)

I like it
But I would worry about bike security. Have you got some kind of ground anchor to stop some tea leaf from half-inching it?
(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 13:47, closed)

Yup
loops in the brick wall behind and chain you can put a d-lock through.
( chthonic, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 13:51, closed)

I keep mine inside now
ever since the time someone climbed over the side gate and, upon encountering my Sold Secure turbo ultralock, decided to kick the fuck out of the wheels :(
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 14:22, closed)

This actually houses a double trailer
too wide to fit through the front door.

Most scrotes seem to leave it alone. The bikes are inside so we can trip over them and get handlebars in the kidneys with ease.
( chthonic, Wed 17 Oct 2012, 15:03, closed)