bought a ground anchor advice needed

[steve50]

Bond a large wooden block to the shed floor (piece of railway sleeper) use gorilla glue or similar, then drill mounting holes, coat bolts and mounting plate with adhesive and bond the whole lot together., as above, alarm the shed and any other security measures you feel you might need.

 

[rb58]

If the shed is on a concrete base (your OP suggests it is) then you only need to cut a small hole in the floor, just big enough for the anchor. I used some off cuts of timber to build a frame around the underside of the hole when I did mine, just to discourage small animals. The anchor is then sufficiently recessed (if it's a folding one) not to be in the way when not in use but easily accessible when you want to use it. So, my suggestion would be to explain to your parents that you only need a very small hole.

I secure my bikes with an Almax 4 chain. That helps me sleep well at night.

 

[steve50]

I'm guessing you will have your own bedroom at home, have you considered wall brackets on your bedroom wall, you don't need a lot of room to wall mount a bike. If i had a bike like yours it would not live outside in a shed of any sort, I would make room for it in the house.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I'm guessing you will have your own bedroom at home, have you considered wall brackets on your bedroom wall, you don't need a lot of room to wall mount a bike. If i had a bike like yours it would not live outside in a shed of any sort, I would make room for it in the house.

or even better give the bike your bedroom and you sleep in the shed

srsly tho, is there scope to get under the shed? rather than a bucket or other non bespoke depthed device, you could build yourself a box or cylinder to fit snug between the ground base and shed underfloor, drill your anchor hole in the floor, or slightly larger than needed for the bolt to make pouring easier - the snails foot of concrete will still expand past the hole and support the shed floor integrity - and pour the concrete through that

 

[vickster]

No room in the house first thing i thought of aswell



Had a look at them but to expensive and it just says i have a decent bike

Only if thieves know it's a bike shed and have some very serious tools. I'd say much harder to penetrate than the one above. There are no exposed locks etc

Far easier to break into a wooden shed and cut a chain, ground anchor or no. But yes they are expensive and you need to have space

I assume you have the bike insured for its full replacement value, either on your parents home policy (bearing in mind if you claim, their premiums will rise and there'll be an excess) or a bike specific policy. Get it security marked and registered too

 

[Levo-Lon]

The bolts would only need to go into concrete about 75mm. Or even 50mm..but 75 will be solid, the shed base looks like its barely 75mm anyway.
as long as you bolt the anchor it will help...if they want it they Will take it.

the trick is to make it less attractive to steel..they dont like making a lot of noise or Bright lights..so pir lights and an alarm is recommended

 

[stephec]

If the shed is raised, I think you'd risk collapsing the bottom of the shed with that

If the floor's raised there should be joists that support it.

Sit the bucket above the joist and there won't be a problem.

 

[fossyant]

How about something like this then?

Oi, 007, how did you get pics of my garage....

PS a shed is crap for a good bike. Keep it in your bedroom. I kept two bikes in my bedroom when I lived at home - got a house at 25 though, with a garage for the bikes..... At my folks, the bikes were washed clean, then carried through kitchen, lounge, then upstairs to my room.

 

[cyberknight]

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/new-store-for-the-bikes.172457/#post-3480271

 

[Levo-Lon]

So i measured the floor to the concrete and it measures 5mm but to the bottom of the concrete is 120mm. I am going to guess that a 175mm bolt would be sufficent.

the shed floor to the concrete is 5mm?...you mean 50mm surly as the shed floor and rail ..battons will be around 50mm.
you only need 120mm max as you should be using raw bolts with sheer heads or something similar.

 

[Levo-Lon]

These type of things
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/rawl-bolt-m10

 

[jamma]

the shed floor to the concrete is 5mm?...you mean 50mm surly as the shed floor and rail ..battons will be around 50mm.
you only need 120mm max as you should be using raw bolts with sheer heads or something similar.

Yes i mean 50mm and they just b&q own raw bolts like these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/201383677400 then superglue or no nail it to the washer

 

[400bhp]

Is your bike insured in the shed?

TBH, on the face of it, your parents are being selfish.

 

[furball]

Buy a bag of cement. Sink the fixing bolts into the bag then add water and leave to set. No drilling required.

 

[jamma]

Is your bike insured in the shed?

TBH, on the face of it, your parents are being selfish.

Yes it will on the house insurance and what do you suggest i do just go get a mortage and a buy a house while working on a zero hour contract