tweidman
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I have been mainly lurking here, enjoying everyone's builds and dreaming of the day when I can finally build or have a garage or shop that I could be proud of.
I have had functioning garages for many years, but never had the space or money to set it up the way I wanted it.
I think that day has finally come. I just moved to an awesome property that my grandfather bought back in the 50's, then he built an awesome custom home with the help of a friend. When I say he built it, i don't mean he had it built, he built almost the entire thing himself. He only contracted out three things, the tile work in the bathroom, the three fireplaces and the wall plaster.
My wife and I have been chipping away at some maintenance and updating issues with the house and property over the last few months.
The existing house has an attached garage that is about 19x28, which is fine to park the car and the motorcycles, but doesn't leave me much room for working on stuff.
So.... I am building a 28 x 32 addition with a 12' ceiling. I only have my truck to park in there, which should leave me plenty of room for my tools, work benches and project space.
Here is a front and rear elevation sketch. I have changed the floor plan somewhat, the window on the side will move forward and the door at the front will move to the back, next to the garage door. There will also be a door connecting the two garages.
I have had functioning garages for many years, but never had the space or money to set it up the way I wanted it.
I think that day has finally come. I just moved to an awesome property that my grandfather bought back in the 50's, then he built an awesome custom home with the help of a friend. When I say he built it, i don't mean he had it built, he built almost the entire thing himself. He only contracted out three things, the tile work in the bathroom, the three fireplaces and the wall plaster.
My wife and I have been chipping away at some maintenance and updating issues with the house and property over the last few months.
The existing house has an attached garage that is about 19x28, which is fine to park the car and the motorcycles, but doesn't leave me much room for working on stuff.
So.... I am building a 28 x 32 addition with a 12' ceiling. I only have my truck to park in there, which should leave me plenty of room for my tools, work benches and project space.
Here is a front and rear elevation sketch. I have changed the floor plan somewhat, the window on the side will move forward and the door at the front will move to the back, next to the garage door. There will also be a door connecting the two garages.
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It's making me think I should have gone bigger, even though I don't really have much more room without squeezing my driveway and turnaround space down to nothing. 
