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DigitalFusion

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Its going to be 32' x 45', 9' sidewalls, 8'x10' overhead doors, and radiant heat. My funding literally got cut in half, so now I have to do all of it myself with the help of any friends who are willing.

Anyone have any comments or suggestions?
 

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looks like I wouldn't get much work done in your garage :bounce:

I like it though. Not sure of your long term plans, but you may want to consider a full wall w/ door between the garage area & rec area to help with the resale value. Then you could call it a "guest suite"

But personally, I like the idea of mixing the two :thumbup:
 
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I second the wall idea. Attach it in a manner that would make it somewhat easy to remove if your use for the space changes (which it will).

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good points guys..

My old garage was 27x29 and was just as much a winter weekend hangout for all my friends as it was a place for me to work on things. This garage will be the same. There is a reason there is no wall there, I actually will be putting in a retractable curtition type wall. If I walled it off, there wouldnt be enough room to actually play pool!
 
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9 foot eave won't do you much good. I know your budget got cut but you need to figure out how to make at least one bay high enough to accommodate a lift, if not for you, but for the next owner. Someday you will be wanting a lift and asking here about how to change the trusses or whatever else is possible to fit the lift. Do it now and it will be ready.

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jcp907 said:
I wouldn't build in the workbench island, I would put it on wheels so the space can be more flexible.
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Its not built in, I just didnt model it. The far wall will be built-ins, teh "L" is two seperate cabs which will be on wheels (already have the nice HD wheels from the cabs in my last garage).

Charles (in GA) said:
9 foot eave won't do you much good. I know your budget got cut but you need to figure out how to make at least one bay high enough to accommodate a lift, if not for you, but for the next owner. Someday you will be wanting a lift and asking here about how to change the trusses or whatever else is possible to fit the lift. Do it now and it will be ready.
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Not really interested in a lift. Also, I would never get the price of designing/building the garage to fit a lift and/or putting in a lift back when we go to sell. Furthermore, this garage needs to be attractive as its going in our front yard basically. I dont want a monstrosity of a garage out there cause when we do go to sell this place it will kill the curb appeal. Hell, I actually really wanted 8' sidewalls but it was just too much of a squeeze with the 8' overheads.

Nova72 said:
what about a frog?
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whuuut?

RbrtAWhyt said:
what kind of software did you use to make that model?
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Google Sketchup. It does have a small learning curve to it, but if you watch the videos on it it cuts that learning curve time in half.
 
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ahh. that would be stellar, but then I would have to violate my rule of making he garage as least noticeable as possible by adding the bonus room trusses.
 
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