Garage doors entrance issue - best solution

[gabriel08]

I'm at the final stages of having my garage finished. I'm trying to figure out is the best way to handle the downward sloped yard in front of it. From the base of the entrance to the gravel is about 6 inches, and as you can kind see from the pictures, it slopes more and more as you go down. I thought about just having a bunch of gravel added.
It was also suggested to me looking into a concrete apron, but I wasn't for sure that would work well, considering my whole driveway is gravel.
I'm pretty inexperienced here and wasn't sure if it would be best to consult a concrete company, or someone that deals with landscaping to just bring me a bunch of gravel.

 

[WildBill]

I had the same issue and wanted a semi-level area in front of the doors so I added gravel and a paver area big enough to park a vehicle on. I used geo-grid material around it and down the slope in front of it to make the gravel more stable.

 

[PCustoms]

Holy fark, why is the garage so high?

Can you get some pics to the left of the garage, and maybe showing slop better?

I'd be inclined to do a retaining wall and fill/slope the drive better

 

[gabriel08]

I had the same issue and wanted a semi-level area in front of the doors so I added gravel and a paver area big enough to park a vehicle on. I used geo-grid material around it and down the slope in front of it to make the gravel more stable.

Do you happen to have any pictures of this?

 

[gabriel08]

Holy fark, why is the garage so high?

Can you get some pics to the left of the garage, and maybe showing slop better?

I'd be inclined to do a retaining wall and fill/slope the drive better

Ha, I wanted it level with our house, if we would have moved it forward some, it wouldn't have been so bad.

I can try and get some from the left side, I don't know if it will show the slope much better.
If you look at that black trailer, the wheels closest to the garage are about 20 or 21 inches lower than the garage floor. I need to do some measurements and figure out the slope to better show this visually.

 

[PCustoms]

Ha, I wanted it level with our house, if we would have moved it forward some, it wouldn't have been so bad.

Is it attached?

I can try and get some from the left side, I don't know if it will show the slope much better.
If you look at that black trailer, the wheels closest to the garage are about 20 or 21 inches lower than the garage floor. I need to do some measurements and figure out the slope to better show this visually.

I can tell it's pretty steep based on the trailer, but I can't see the overall lay of the land to think how to get a better angle without affecting too much else

 

[gabriel08]

It is detached.
I'll see if I can provide a better lay of the land slope wise.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Mine was almost like that for awhile as I was finishing my build and driveway. I build a steep gravel ramp to make it possible to drive in and out. During the time it was like that I dug a couple trenches through it, shaped the yard around it and planted grass. Now it is mostly filled with gravel (fairly flat/level 20ft in front of the doors) then slopes to the rest of the lane.
Someday I'll probably concrete the level area.

 

[jack stand]

Yeah I think that you'll have to be thinking about a retaining wall or a LOT of fill dirt 50' + out beyond the garage in order to not drag the belly of a car getting in there.