Shed Question - size?

[guye]

Now I know you are all going to say that size DOES matter, but unfortunately I am limited at home (I know - snicker snicker....).

She-who-shall-be-obeyed suggested today, as I was staking boundaries, that I might as well bring the side wall of the impending shed out a bit into her garden to maximise the internal room! What a woman!

That will give me a shed about 4m wide. The length is fixed at 5.4m.

As you can see from the rough 3Ds below, the roll-a-door is NOT at the end but on the side. The roll-a-door is 2.5m wide.

I marked out the area on the road today, and I reckon I can get my car in (with a million-point manoeuvre) but the Cobra will be about 1m shorter, with a much shorter wheel base as well.

My main question is: what sort of turning circle do your cars have? Any one actually have a stat on this?

Do you think I will have enough space with working room, etc?

Any other comments or thoughts?

[Modena]

I will have a similar problem;



and will use go-jacks;

http://www.gotools.com.au/GoJack.htm

http://www.revolutionracegear.com.au...php?PCID=10540

[jcraigau]

Boom, problem solvered!

http://www.3dparking.com.au/turntables.htm
http://www.turntables.com.au/Pages/P...urntables.aspx

[Modena]

I looked into a turntable - price was upwards of 20K

[Rog246]

I'm building mine on a rotisserie because i have limited area (was gunna say size-but didn't want to go there on this site ) and its working out real well as it allows me to move it around by myself very easily and I can roll it over etc-works a treat and only cost $1100-
Beats crawling around on the ground too I can tell you! Its nice to be able to go Hmm might fix some fuel lines today and do it sitting on a stool!!
Rog

[boxhead]

My only question is, what are you going to do when it is finished?
The last thing you will want to do is move it around on quickjacks every time you want to take it out.
Any reason why no roller door infront of it?

Also depending on what kit you get, could help in the space bit.

For the first 3 years of my build I was in a very small shed (could not have both doors open), the CR has a seperate chassis/body, I seperated the 2, sat the body on a jig with wheels, this lived in the backyard while I was working on the chassis, then swapped the 2 around when doing body stuff.

But any shed is beter than none.

Oh, and at 5.4 metres long, you may not have enough room to jack the car up?

[*Cobber*]

Move would be my suggestion.

Also people have way too much time on their hands to be drawing 3d cad layouts of their garages.....

[guye]

Originally Posted by Rog246

I'm building mine on a rotisserie because i have limited area (was gunna say size-but didn't want to go there on this site ) and its working out real well as it allows me to move it around by myself very easily and I can roll it over etc-works a treat and only cost $1100-
Beats crawling around on the ground too I can tell you! Its nice to be able to go Hmm might fix some fuel lines today and do it sitting on a stool!!
Rog

Nice Rog - but it is not April 1.

[Krait]

Guy,

Don't think it was a joke.

Cheers

[guye]

Originally Posted by boxhead

My only question is, what are you going to do when it is finished?
The last thing you will want to do is move it around on quickjacks every time you want to take it out.
Any reason why no roller door infront of it?

I know, did think about this. Probably, given I expect that to be at least 3 years away, I wil either move by then OR put my daily driver on the street!

To answer your question though, check out big mother f@#$ing gum tree where I would LIKE to put the door (on the left behind the letter box)! My council has all the trees named so planning and removal is a real pain (this one is called Kevin).

Originally Posted by boxhead

Oh, and at 5.4 metres long, you may not have enough room to jack the car up?

Length of Cobras are about 3.8-4.0 metres, according to my research. I do not intend to place any benches or cupboards at the ends, only the sides of the shed, so I should have at least 1.5m to crank the jack. Obviously only from one end though (have to back it all the way tot he other wall for that much space).

I kind of figured I would have to jack from the sides only - awkward I know but possible ya think?

[guye]

Originally Posted by Krait

Guy,

Don't think it was a joke.

Cheers

Cool! I had seen those but thought it was just good for the body work - not the whole chassis, etc!

Unjoke assigned to Rog!

[OZCOBRA]

Why not a fuller length roller door instead of the smaller one your toying with!!!

[dbn04]

mine was built in a single car garage, had room for a beer fridge (a must)in a block of units, easy!
ps: a tree called KEVIN!
check it for knives.

[boxhead]

Yep, wider (wide as possable) roller door, idealy I would say no roller door, but I can see if you close in side of carport, drivers door on the (Pathfinder?) may be hard to get open far enough.

[*Cobber*]

A couple of options

Put a contract out on Kevin, it's amazing what a few lt of round up will do.

Or raise the roof of the garage and extend it forward a mt or so, put in a hoist to stack the cars when built, a hoist is also a great help when building the car. Turn the proposed side part in to a workshop.

[Gav]

Why not remove the common wall between the two sheds?
You could then just drive in through the existing carport.

[boxhead]

That is what I was thinking Gav, but it is not secured then, and I dont think there is enough room to close in the current carport and add a roller door to the front of it.

[REPTYL]

Cut down the tree, pay the fine, and put the door right where you want it.

[OZCOBRA]

Originally Posted by REPTYL

Cut down the tree, pay the fine, and put the door right where you want it.

....and bury it under 400 tonne of landfill!!!.......any wonder of things one could have put in there!!

[boxhead]

I vote that Kevin stays, but he is in a bad place.