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I'm trying to stretch my budget as far as I can, but with materials costs so high, I have to pick and choose. I have to choose a drain rough-in instead of a bathroom. The bonus room will be simply attic storage, and at this point I will be building for potential expansion instead in several...

Can I do that with a 30+ foot span?

Oh, I have M Coupes. Much shorter than all of those. lol

Yeah, I have a 10x30 that I am storing them in now. Its only 28.5 long according to my laser measure. The cars are 159 inches long, so it's snug, but they fit just fine. What is that? Roughly 26 feet for both of them plus a little extra. What car are you measuring that's 15 feet long?

I was planning on going with the attic trusses so I would have walkable storage area above the garage for the mini-elevator to deliver stuff to. My crazy genius friend built a lift out of some C channel, bearings, and a winch. Works surprisingly well.

I'm looking into future storage options, has anyone put in one of those double 4 post lifts that picks up 2 cars at a time? I'm working on some layouts for the garage build, but was daydreaming about fitting 6 cars into a 4 car space.

I am debating windows or not, might not be a bad idea to have windows high on the North wall to allow in some natural light.

Just bury them in the concrete in the middle of the lift?

My last garage was pretty tight at 28x22 and I got 4 coupes in it, so a 30x30 feels ginormous to me. We're working with limited lot space, its only 100x550, but then there are lots of easements for the lake, the street, the ditch, and my total buildable space is disappearing fast. Granted half...

The plan is 30 feet deep. I can park 2 coupes nose to tail without issue. The door will be on the 25' side and that should get me 5 feet extra kick out for cabinets and a countertop on the right wall. Idk about the wall, dirt is one consideration, but also cooling, since I don't need to cool...

Definitely no heat needed, I'm in Florida. Air Conditioning is a must, but that will come later on with a mini-split. I'm going to cool the workshop side and the clean room storage side will be mostly dehumidification. I'll probably put in fans to move some air back and forth. Floors will be...

I park the truck outside, does that make be a bad person? I'm trying to figure out the overall dimensions. I can fit 2 cars in my 10x30 storage garage, so I figured that all I needed was 20x30, but the extra 5 feet would make it feel less cramped. There is a lot to sort out. I was looking...

Thanks for the ideas! Its going to be a massive garage already. That would be 30x65 overall. You only live once, right?

You don't need an architect, they are useless if you aren't building some giant structure with government money. You need a civil engineer to do the plans so you know the roof won't fall down on your head. Architect will still have a civil engineer sign off on designs because we are all...

If the house is 12 foot tall, would I get away with a lift in only a 12 foot garage or would I need to go higher? This is a good idea. I'll probably be doing the electrical myself anyway, so more is easy. Hmmm, didn't think of that. I don't want those inside the walls though, right? I had...

Why can't you use regular galvanized dryer exhaust pipe? Most of the expensive dust collection systems all use metal pipes because PVC has static and dust attraction issues. They are 6-7 bucks a pipe, so its not super expensive, you will need to spend some time fabricating the setup though.

Lakefront property is secured, now we are looking at house layouts and making decisions. Garage square feet is cheaper than house square feet, so now's a good time to figure out the garage layout. Builder suggests that a 30x50 would so everything I needed. I was thinking I could divide it...

Yup, but the best I could do in this situation.

There is there is a return in the opposite side of the room, it just dumps back in the living room though, it doesn't go directly to the AC intake.

I'm off to Amazon to Explore!