In my team, we're all new in SharePoint and want to use it for our project file storage.  

A template folder structure consists of 7 folders in one main folder.  

6 of this 7 folders need special permissions (only viewable for admins), the 7th folder should be open for everybody.

So everytime we have a new project, we should only be able to duplicate this template folder, rename it and can start to work, without always setting up the permissions.  

How can I setup this?

WHAT I'VE ALREADY TRIED:  

Just to copy/paste the template folder. The template folder is stored under "public", the 7th folder permission is inherited, the other 6 have their own permissions.  

But the problem is, when I copy a folder, the permissions aren't maintained. It would be only possible with a macro ([Copy a folder from one library to another and maintain permissions on the folder structure](https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/q/41884/32371)). But this is not possible for our team...