Wheelie bin storage, how would you do this?

[UTH]

We've got this wasted space which we're thinking could be handy to store our wheelie bins, but not sure what the best route is to create a flat/level surface to then build some sort of storage, er, shed (not the right word I don't think) for them?

Any ideas? Timber decking? Concrete? Something I don't know of?

[r44flyer]

Gravel grids? Good for drainage, cheap and fast. You could tuck things behind the laurel and train in front quite quickly. Hold it back with a hidden fence panel, so easy to trim back. You'd end up with a 'cave' entrance through the greenery.

[UTH]

r44flyer said:

Gravel grids? Good for drainage, cheap and fast. You could tuck things behind the laurel and train in front quite quickly. Hold it back with a hidden fence panel, so easy to trim back. You'd end up with a 'cave' entrance through the greenery.

Any good at photoshop, can't picture what you mean. Me being an idiot no doubt!

[Simpo Two]

They don't need a shed, just a screen (eg a fence panel) if you don't like the look of them.

Some simple paving slabs connecting with the path would be quite cheap and easy to do.

[UTH]

Simpo Two said:

They don't need a shed, just a screen (eg a fence panel) if you don't like the look of them.

Some simple paving slabs connecting with the path would be quite cheap and easy to do.

Ahhh yes, screen is what I was thinking

Just chuck some slabs down and not worry too much about the height matching the rest, or make a better job of it?

[LJF_97]

A bit of hit-and-miss fencing, and a concrete slab?

If your going the decking route, get the uPVC stuff, it won't rot.

[Simpo Two]

UTH said:

Simpo Two said:

They don't need a shed, just a screen (eg a fence panel) if you don't like the look of them.

Some simple paving slabs connecting with the path would be quite cheap and easy to do.

Ahhh yes, screen is what I was thinking

Just chuck some slabs down and not worry too much about the height matching the rest, or make a better job of it?

I would try to keep it all flush and join them to the path, so you don't have to pull heavy bins over a step or across muddy ground.

[biggiles]

I'd avoid gravel, as *pushing* a heavy wheelie-bin back into an alcove, over gravel, could be rather hard.

Big slabs would work - if you're trying to make it as easy as possible, you can get some big 900x600 slabs, which would be pretty forgiving to bed.

[Simpo Two]

biggiles said:

Big slabs would work - if you're trying to make it as easy as possible, you can get some big 900x600 slabs, which would be pretty forgiving to bed.

900x600 slabs are fking heavy though! Personally I'd go smaller. OP needs to go to a builders' merchant etc and see the options.

[Oberheim]

I reckon you could fit one of those Keter outdoor storage bins designed to store two wheelie bins into that space. Dig/rake a level surface, add some paving slabs and plonk something like this on to the slabs:
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7265611?&utm_c...

Edited by Oberheim on Tuesday 17th February 22:42

[okgo]

Google wheelie bin storage. There’s quite literally tens if not hundreds of firms willing to make you something.

We get letter drops all the time from places that make them, my neighbour has one and it looks alright, he’s got a garden on the roof of it with flowers and what not.