Building a home gym, advice needed please.

leeince

Plans attached for those that are interested.

mattthetall77

Oops didn't see this thread too   

5x3 is the size I would like to go to if we put another outbuilding up.  I have a 5x2.5 breeze block cinema room in the garden which is crammed with gym gear at the moment, the extra 50cm in depth would be nice to have for moving the bench out of the rack.

The roof of the Winchester looks to be a better layout for the rack being at the back, no worries about catching the bar and easy to move around.  One thing I would consider is how tall you may be on top of the treadmill with the placement near the eaves, even more so with flooring and rubber mats.  I'm 1m95 tall so on a treadmill may bang my head haha.

leeince

I never thought about my height when on the treadmill, what a doughnut.

I'm going check the dimensions, I'm 6ft so this might be a problem!!!!!

leeince

Looks like I might have an issue with the treadmill. I'm 5ft 11.5" (1816mm) to be precise and the shortest internal height 1.990m.

This leaves a clearance 184mm, minus about 25mm for matting and laminate leaves 159mm (just over six inches)

I can't find the information on how high off the floor the deck of the treadmill is but I'm must be around 7 inches!!!!!!!!

The 1990mm measure is the very lowest point and right up against the left hand wall, I will be running over to the right slightly but I doubt it's going to be enough!! The treadmill is foldable so I could always move it around as and when I want use it, that should work!

mattthetall77

Sounds like a solution moving it over.  

If my sums are correct (no guarantee)...

Say 8 inch step up height plus 3inches for incline, 11inches is 279.4mm

So 279.4mm plus 25mm flooring plus your height 1816mm gives a requirement of 2120.4mm.

The difference between the combined 2120.4mm and the eaves 1990mm is 130.4mm required to be able to stand, albeit possibly touching your head depending on incline.

The eaves internal height is 1990mm, the ridge is 2394mm, which gives a difference of 404mm in height.

Half the internal width of 4734mm is 2367mm.

404mm divided by 2367mm gives a rise of 0.170680186mm in height per mm across.

130.4mm divided by 0.170680186mm =  764.0019802mm from the eaves

This is also achieved by 130.4mm/404mm =  0.322772277%, multiple by half internal width 2367mm = 764.0019802mm

Taking an example treadmill as being 870mm wide, half that gives us 435mm to give us your potential head position if running centrally.

Subtract the 435mm from 764.0019802mm leaves us with the treadmill needing to be at least
329.0019802mm from the eaves wall minimum, as long as you run centrally and don't bounce.

leeince

I did think about trying to work that out but decided against it .

That shouldn't be a problem and am I right in thinking that's with a full incline.

What I think I'm going to do is just build the unit and the plan my equipment around it. That way I can have a proper measure and get a good feel for the space.

I could also change the unit for a 3.5m x 4m but I think the wider 5m option is best, what do you think?

Thanks for the maths by the way, top man!

mattthetall77

I don't think that is with a full incline, I had a quick look on google for step up heights and 3inches for incline was mentioned but I can't remember if the actual incline was mentioned. Given how high ones in the gym get, I think it'd be more than 3 for higher inclines. There were mention of some brands with low step up but I hadn't heard of them before, were probably American, but even then would probably only save an inch or two before incline.

Just found a mention on an Amazon review of a treadmill that was 9inches taller when inclined. And considering lengths and a 10% incline that could be about right, but you wouldn't be right at the front so trying to work out possible head height could be a tricky one

We ended up with a rower, the girlfriend would have been ok  on a treadmill at 5ft4, but I only have 4inches from ceiling height anyway.

As for size, personally I'd rather have the extra space, gives more options to move things round, but increases the price

leeince

Thanks Matt.

I think the best thing for me to do is just build the 3m x 5m building and then see what I've got.

I've not thought about the roof joists that look like they could drop down an extra 150mm.

I hope I don't have to go for a smaller rack!

mattthetall77

I didn't realise that the internal depth of the 3m winchester is 2.334m.

I've been looking around and found this one, looks quite good from the video, quality seems nice, and for a similar size, wall thickness, double glazed etc, no hinges on the outside of the windows it is more expensive (on my speccing up the billyoh was 2400 and the dunster was 2680)  

                               
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I like the fact their facebook page has lots of customer photos Dunster House

They also do a 28mm floor but it's 140 more, if I get one I may just plywood and rubber mat it.

I've seen on some forums the other day recommending to buy your own felt and wall treatments as you can get better quality buying your own for the same price.

mattthetall77

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