brendan713
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Hi guys , I’m building my garage this year , then I’ll be building a house later on . My question is what’s easiest way to square my garage to the road ? I’m about 200ft off the road .
Squaring New Garage to the road
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Justind97
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A laser tape measure.
Question is though, at 200’, I would look more at the orientation for the best sun exposure and wind break
Question is though, at 200’, I would look more at the orientation for the best sun exposure and wind break
Doesn't matter if it square to the road or not. Orient it so that it looks right in the spot that you place it. The lay of the land, placement of trees, or whatever is more important than where the road is. If it looks right then it is right. If you really insist on square to the road then you can use a compass.
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gazza
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You could easily use the compass on your phone to make both the same
gazza
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You could easily use the compass on your phone to make both the same
Rusted Nut
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String a tight line along edge of road, measure back 200’ on each end of string line, set another string at those points.
Depending on where you are I would probably be more worried about snow, wind direction, and thermal gain from the sun. Also overhangs and window locations. Calculate all these things correctly and you can block summer sun but get nice winter sun in any windows or on sides of building, and get a good cross breeze inside. Our wind goes from west to east 95% of the time and having windows on both those ends has been great for airing out my shop and cooling it down in the evening. If I had put the garage door side towards the wind I would have craploads of snow and rain inside when I opened it during inclement weather, plus a lot more shoveling to keep the doors clear.
At 200' from the road, accuracy to be dead on square will not show up. you have a lot of leeway . and I agree with the others that strategic placement may be more important than square .
jack stand
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Unless you have some local building "set backs" requirement to meet I don't really understand your worry.
If it is a 200' minimum set back from the road (or the roadway legal ROW) you will need a professional surveyors service.
If it is a 200' minimum set back from the road (or the roadway legal ROW) you will need a professional surveyors service.
Colin Len
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At 200' back you're gonna have a hell of a time making this accurate. Especially if you don't have a really good, straight line to work off of (like a clearly defined curb or sidewalk edge). If you have any elevation going on then it gets even harder. The only real way to do this is to get a land surveyor (or someone unlicensed but with similar equipment) to stake things out for you.
If it doesn't need to be exact, just eyeball it with a compass or whatever simple measuring tools are at your disposal. At 200' you could be pretty darn far off parallel and it'd be VERY hard too tell without survey equipment.
If it doesn't need to be exact, just eyeball it with a compass or whatever simple measuring tools are at your disposal. At 200' you could be pretty darn far off parallel and it'd be VERY hard too tell without survey equipment.
Youngandfree
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Use a laser range finder
Spareparts
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I believe it was 3-6-9 or multipal of them numbers like 6-12-18. 200' chalk line from the road to the proposed
shop, tie it to a pin, go back down the line 6' mark. Go right angle with another chalk line to what ever width you want
From the original pin mark the other line at 12', now measure between the 6' and 12' and where they cross at 18'
would be square. I think????
shop, tie it to a pin, go back down the line 6' mark. Go right angle with another chalk line to what ever width you want
From the original pin mark the other line at 12', now measure between the 6' and 12' and where they cross at 18'
would be square. I think????
toolmiser
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How do you know where the edge of the road is? That can and usually does change with time.
The Bean
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I believe you are thinking of Pythagoras.
3-4-5.
Spareparts
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Please disreguard the previons post, the NUMBERS WERE WRONG, what do expect, I'll be 78 Sunday, my mind is going away
The Bean is right but the appilication is right also. Now I have to get a dictionary to see what Pythagoras means!!!!!!!!
The Bean is right but the appilication is right also. Now I have to get a dictionary to see what Pythagoras means!!!!!!!!
Spareparts
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Damn it hurts to admit your WRONG
3,4,5
CraigStu
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5 years ago when we were looking to have our house built one of the top plan contenders was typical 2 story house set at a 15-20degree angle to the road. Garage set at the opposite angle to the road and the two connected w/ a breezeway. So the whole thing was like a bananna and we were going to have a half circle drive w/ two entrances from the road about 70-80ft apart. Kind of like this but breezeway enclosed and further back from the road like your 200ft to allow for for the drive.
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PWC Repair
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I don't care how the road or landscaping plays out......I will NEVER build anything with a wall square to North, EVER again!
andyvh1959
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You're repeating yourself, or there is a strange echo on this webpage,......webpage..........webpage................webpage
rayra
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Why do you want or think it needs to be square to the road.? Especially when you are 200' from it?
If I had that much land I would't want the interior of the garage viewable from the road. And I'd probably position the house and garage so I could see all doors into the garage from inside the house, as a matter of security.
The Bean
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True north, or magnetic north?
PWC Repair
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Either way you look at. Always shaded.....the snow or ice stays along that side FOREVER....the whole wall face gets algae and mildew growth......etc. For those basic reasons alone I would twist the building a little bit.
The Bean
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Skiff Builder
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True- the sun does not "see" your local variation ,like a compass would.
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The Bean
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Take that, Helios!