Parking at home

[markrandall123]

I’m thinking of getting a motorbike shed, as I’m fed up with cars and bikes getting in each others way - suggestions for bike garages please.

[T6 vanman]

If you go with a shed ... Concrete in a ground anchor prior to assembling

[marcella]

If you are planning on stating to insurance that it's garaged, make sure you read the small print on what they class a garage as. But is typically has to be concrete walls/foundation.

[LuS1fer]

I kept mine in the conservatory.

[towser44]

Asgard look good and they have police security status or something similar.

[Purosangue]

towser44 said:

Asgard look good and they have police security status or something similar.

they are excellent and come with two strong locks .

[Condi]

marcella said:

If you are planning on stating to insurance that it's garaged, make sure you read the small print on what they class a garage as. But is typically has to be concrete walls/foundation.

Check your policy, many just say "has a locking door" and even a cheap wooden shed will suffice.

IMO a garage is mainly about keeping the bike out the weather and out of sight, out of mind. Irrespective of what you put it in, if someone wants to take it they will. Also, don't underestimate how much of a pain many layers of security are if you use it frequently.

[Drawweight]

Condi said:

Check your policy, many just say "has a locking door" and even a cheap wooden shed will suffice.

IMO a garage is mainly about keeping the bike out the weather and out of sight, out of mind. Irrespective of what you put it in, if someone wants to take it they will. Also, don't underestimate how much of a pain many layers of security are if you use it frequently.

I’ve got a wooden shed and always phone to clarity the exact definition of ‘garaged’

My documents from Bikesure actually state wooden shed.

[doggydog33]

I used to store my bike over winter in the conservatory, when I queried it with my insurance, they said it wouldn't be covered as the terms of insurance stated 'garage'. I'm not sure if I got a jobsworth on the phone but either way, I ended up buying a Secure-a-bike shed.

Don't think you can but them new anymore but they do come up second hand on Ebay.
The doors can be a bit noisy when you're leaving early in the mornings but If anyone did get in, it may also alert you or your neighbours. The insurance said they were happy to class it the same as a garage.

DD33

[hondajack85]

The garaged thing always confuzed me. I have no idea why brick walls matter as entry is just a door with a lock on it.
These tin sheds seem as secure as a wooden shed with the added attraction of the shreiking doors (left unlubed on purpose) when you open them. The amount of noise someone would make trying to get in would alert more than the silence of a solid building at a location away from the house.

[s p a c e m a n]

Hastings just say locked garage or building, doesn't actually state what a building is. Also says that if it's stolen within 500 meters of your house and wasn't in either of those all they do is double your excess.

[hondajack85]

I guess something built of a permenant nature that cant be moved is the vague point they are not making.

[trickywoo]

A lot of insurers are ok with a wooden shed now as long as it is attached to a solid floor. Normally that would mean concrete or concrete paving slabs and bolted into so the shed can’t be lifted.