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<\/a><\/p>\nIt’s made primarily out of inexpensive 2×4 lumber. \u00a0In the picture below, \u00a02 vertical 2x4s are connected with one horizontal ‘header’ beam. \u00a0The bikeport is 8ft long as a result. \u00a0The two diagonal board are there just to hold the vertical boards up while Chris screws the whole thing together. Then four roof rafters are used to span the width of the walkway. \u00a0The roof rafters have a “birdsmouth cut” so that the diagonal rafter can sit cleanly on the header. \u00a0They are also screwed into the top of the fence.<\/p>\n A closer view of the birdsmouth cut on the rafters.<\/p>\n We used suntuff clear polycarbonate corrugated roofing to cover the bikeport. \u00a0The clear panels are very light (~4lbs each) and strong. \u00a0Here is a closeup of the brackets to support the panels. \u00a0I oriented the corrugations the opposite way from one would expect, just because we didn’t want the water to shed into the neighbors yard and also we could get away with fewer roof rafters.<\/p>\n Here is a view with some bikes and the installed panels on the roof. \u00a0We installed two more 2×4 pieces horizontally between the vertical posts to hold the bike hooks which hold the front wheels. \u00a0The higher one holds the front wheel of the adult bikes, while the lower one holds the wheel of the kid bikes. \u00a0The hook is screwed into the 2×4 and sticks out horizontally and it holds onto the front bike wheel to hang the bike vertically.<\/p>\n Here is a drawing of the basic frame against the house.\u00a0 Very simple.\u00a0 2 vertical 2x4s cut slightly to fit beneath the window and 3 horizontal 2x4s, top one is a header for attaching the rafters and the bottom two for holding the bikes and\u00a0also provide additional lateral\u00a0stability.\u00a0 Screw the perpendicular 2x4s together with multiple screws in a square pattern to prevent rotation of the joint.<\/p>\n Another diagram with the bikes\u00a0included.\u00a0 We alternated adult and kids bikes as the handlebars won’t interfere much when we hang and remove the bikes from the shed.<\/p>\n To prevent a view of the bikes from the street, we added\u00a0a redwood privacy screen<\/p>\n Here’s a diagram of the bike hanging in the bikeport.\u00a0 You can see the rafters are\u00a0attached (with screws)\u00a0to\u00a0the top of the fence which provides all the stability the shed needs.<\/p>\n A final diagram with the privacy panels attached.<\/p>\n There’s only one wall, so it really can’t be called a shed. \u00a0Here’s a view from the back side and towards the redwood gate<\/a>.<\/p>\n And here is the finished view of the bikeport. \u00a0Very clean and stylish! The final cost for the bikeport was $142<\/strong><\/p>\n 10 – 2x4s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . . . . $27<\/p>\n 3 Suntuf panels<\/a>\u00a0. . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0. . . $67<\/p>\n 12 Suntuf horizontal closure strips<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0. . .$11<\/p>\n 4 bike hooks<\/a>\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. . . . . . .$12<\/p>\n 8 redwood fence boards<\/a>\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . .\u00a0. .$25<\/p>\n Total\u00a0\u00a0. .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. .\u00a0. . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0. . . . . . . . .\u00a0.\u00a0. .\u00a0. . . . .$142<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The bikeport took about 6 hours to plan and construct (including a trip to Home Depot). \u00a0It’s much more convenient to have the bikes out and more accessible and as a result, we’ve been biking alot more and doing more errands by bike. \u00a0It looks great on the side of the house and is super functional too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once\u00a0the winter rains in California subsided, our family wanted to ride our bikes more. \u00a0Our current bike storage location is in the garage, but was\u00a0inconvenient to get multiple bikes in and out of on a regular basis. \u00a0Our large driveway\/walkway on the side of our house seemed like a great location to store our bikes. 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