Hi all,
After many, many years of working out of a small 6x6 garage, we are finanly moving house and have got the chance to build my man cave. We have total of 4 cars (2 toys and 2 daily) and the wife has put her foot down and wants our daily cars in the house garage.
So now I am in the process of planning my man cave. So the plan is for a colourbond garge and I am semi limited to the size of about 9x7 or 10x6. It will be concrete floor.This garage will be used to store and work on my project car/s (my Lx hatch and Vn ss) as well as store my house rempvation tools..I will give my options and ideas and I would love any tips,suggestions or ideas to utilise the space I have available including storage ideas and design pros and cons.
So Option 1: 9x7
This garage will be 9 meter long with 2 single roller doors and 7meters deep. Thos will allow workshop space of 3x7. I have planned the depth of 7 meters as this allows a bench of 800mm to run along the 9 meter lenght. lets assume the average car is 5000mm long. This will allow a space of 600mm between front and back of the car to walk around.
Option 2: 10x6
This garage will be 10 meter long with 2 single roller doors and 6 meters deep. This will allow workshop space of 4x6. Because this garage is only 6meters deep there will only be able to have the work bench in the workshop area. which will be 4 meters long. This will still allow enough room to walk around the car 450mm fron and back
Pros/Cons,questions and thoughs
Do I need 9 meters of bench space. However remembering these is alot of shelve space underneath this bench
Remember I can put above head height shelving up to add storage
Am I better going for 8foot height over 7 foot for the extra ability of storage without the hassle of hitting heads.
I have to build 150mm away from the fence(councill regs) Am I better off going 600mm so I can access this area and build a roof, about fence heigh for storage of compressor, lawn mower and garden tools.However this is really adding to the sheds foot print.
I have considered 10 x 7 but where do you stop!
I have some diagrams to upload but I am on the wong computer, I will do this tomorrow.
So if any one has some thoughts that would be grate.
Planning a Man Cave!
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Posted 09 December 2012 - 09:42 PM
Mine is 9m long and 6m deep and i wish it was 7m deep that extra metre makes a big difference
if you can go 10 by 7 and be done with it and i got a toilet in mine saves the boys going inside the house to have a piss
they can never be big enough
if you can go 10 by 7 and be done with it and i got a toilet in mine saves the boys going inside the house to have a piss
they can never be big enough
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 01:19 PM
go the extra meter.
at 6 metres, you'll struggle to get a car in and a bench infront of it (while retaining space to work)
at 6 metres, you'll struggle to get a car in and a bench infront of it (while retaining space to work)
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 03:54 PM
Mine is 12x7 with two roller doors on the seven metre side, I went 3m walls so I put a mezzinine floor on the back third of the shed 7m x 3.5m. Put dexion racking above the roller doors to put suitcases etc very handy. All on a 750 m sq block. Put a 5000 litre tank at the back. Cheers
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 06:56 PM
Thanks for your feedback guys. Greg. What height have you got your mezzanine floor at? What clearance have you got between the mezzanine and roof?
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 07:57 PM
7.5 deep is very handy if you have a bit of a collection.
dont have any picks on hand but i currently have my HB sideways against the back wall in one 7.5x6 section of my shed, with the LJ and UC parked in the two bays. Still enough room to work around them.
dont have any picks on hand but i currently have my HB sideways against the back wall in one 7.5x6 section of my shed, with the LJ and UC parked in the two bays. Still enough room to work around them.
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 08:13 PM
Thanks for your feedback guys. Greg. What height have you got your mezzanine floor at? What clearance have you got between the mezzanine and roof?
J, I am 2m tall so I have 2.2m clear underneath , floor with beam is 170 mm, I have 900 mm at the walls and 1.5 m at the ridge from floor height. It's a ranbuild brand shed.
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 05:59 PM
Hi monman can you please post some pics of your setup. I have also pm you my phone number in case its easier for you to send them by text. Thansk mate.
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 09:22 PM
Shed Size
Ok, I've worked in the shed industry for many years now (sales and marketing) AND I'm a car enthusiast.
I know it's nice to have the extra span of a shed so the 7.5m shed span would be nice. It's nice to set up the shed with workbenches across the front of the car your working on but at 9m (3m bays) you will find it too tight to have 2 cars side by side and work on them. Yep I know it's possible but it's a pain.
the better of the 2 choices you have is the 10 x 6 shed but make the bays even (any decent shed company can make a shed like this). Better yet and if the budget can stretch that far is to make the shed 10.5m long ( 3 of 3.5m bays) this makes a really usable shed. you can set one bay up as a full workshop. and have 2 usable bays to work on your cars. with some intelligent racking you can store a crapload of gear in a shed this size.
So, how do I know this is a good shed, heaps of usable space,,,,, I have this shed at home. 10.5 x 6 x 3m. At 3m high it will give you heaps of options for a small mezz floor or do what I intend to do and put in some pallet racking with integrated workbenches. At 3.5m bays I can have the doors open on my 2 cars and still walk around the shed. I have work benches on one 6m end 500mm wide shelving on the other 6m end. It works well for me anyhow....
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Stay with a portal framed shed, they will have no apex chord in the rafter so you will have a clear space inside your shed. without mentioning names stay away from 2 suppliers. one is set up with a stud wall construction like a house frame, corrosion is a major problem with this style of shed. The other uses a proprietary system where all the frame is pressed and before you put it up you have to screw opposing beams together to make the truss. Once together it looks like a dog bone. go for a shed from a manufacturer that uses "C" purlin for the frame and true tophats for the wall and roof girts. Why???? because if you ever want to extend the shed you can go to any manufacturer to buy steel, with the other two systems you are locked into buying their product.
Happy to help if you have any questions
Ok, I've worked in the shed industry for many years now (sales and marketing) AND I'm a car enthusiast.
I know it's nice to have the extra span of a shed so the 7.5m shed span would be nice. It's nice to set up the shed with workbenches across the front of the car your working on but at 9m (3m bays) you will find it too tight to have 2 cars side by side and work on them. Yep I know it's possible but it's a pain.
the better of the 2 choices you have is the 10 x 6 shed but make the bays even (any decent shed company can make a shed like this). Better yet and if the budget can stretch that far is to make the shed 10.5m long ( 3 of 3.5m bays) this makes a really usable shed. you can set one bay up as a full workshop. and have 2 usable bays to work on your cars. with some intelligent racking you can store a crapload of gear in a shed this size.
So, how do I know this is a good shed, heaps of usable space,,,,, I have this shed at home. 10.5 x 6 x 3m. At 3m high it will give you heaps of options for a small mezz floor or do what I intend to do and put in some pallet racking with integrated workbenches. At 3.5m bays I can have the doors open on my 2 cars and still walk around the shed. I have work benches on one 6m end 500mm wide shelving on the other 6m end. It works well for me anyhow....
Sheds
Stay with a portal framed shed, they will have no apex chord in the rafter so you will have a clear space inside your shed. without mentioning names stay away from 2 suppliers. one is set up with a stud wall construction like a house frame, corrosion is a major problem with this style of shed. The other uses a proprietary system where all the frame is pressed and before you put it up you have to screw opposing beams together to make the truss. Once together it looks like a dog bone. go for a shed from a manufacturer that uses "C" purlin for the frame and true tophats for the wall and roof girts. Why???? because if you ever want to extend the shed you can go to any manufacturer to buy steel, with the other two systems you are locked into buying their product.
Happy to help if you have any questions
Edited by cazarak, 13 December 2012 - 09:26 PM.
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Posted 17 December 2012 - 07:27 AM
I'm going 10.8 x 7.5 x 3.6... 3 x 3.6 bays, 2 with sliding doors, 1 closed for a work area. At one end, I'll have a mezzanine 2m above the floor, enough room to park a car underneath, and enough height above the mezzanine for my cave, with a couch, fridge, bar and TV 
Will have shelving along the back wall in the workshop end and the mezzanine end (under the stairs
) ~1m deep, and a workbench along the front of the work end. The middle bay will be empty, leaving heaps of room to work around a car (planning on restoring my Prem in there ASAP)
Will have shelving along the back wall in the workshop end and the mezzanine end (under the stairs
) ~1m deep, and a workbench along the front of the work end. The middle bay will be empty, leaving heaps of room to work around a car (planning on restoring my Prem in there ASAP)
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Posted 17 December 2012 - 03:54 PM
Go as big as you can afford, I built my first shed 15x7.5x3.2 high and ran out of room very quickly.With the go karts, two torries, my Hilux and a couple of bikes its allmost full.
New shed 21x10.5x4.8 man cave will take up 10.5x6 of the total plus mess floor on top of the man cave.
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New shed 21x10.5x4.8 man cave will take up 10.5x6 of the total plus mess floor on top of the man cave.
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