10ft walls hipped roof

[trippettd]

Holy rooflines batm

I have a 40x50 hip roof using coffer trusses. I have a 20x30 area that is raised an additional 4 foot where my 2post sits The raised section is 16' tall. The coffer truss was less than $500 additional bucks over the standard truss for the entire package.



This is what a 40x50 with 12' sidewalls and a 8/12 pitch roof looks like sitting next to a two story house with 8/12 pitch roof. The garage is 15 feet to the side and 15 feet back from the corner. The garage peak sits about 18" lower than house peak.

If you have a single story house the garage will tower over it by a good margin.

So working with something very similar…. My walls on the house where the garage are 10ft.

 

[sleek98]

My house first floor is 9', but the foundation is 18" exposed vs the detached sitting on grade. You will end up very similar to mine, but if your at a single story the garage roof will likely be 4-6' higher than the peak of the house, depending on the house width.

 

[mike93lx]

How about a dormer to break up the roof area?

 

[brownbagg]

My garage is attached and has 10' ceilings with a hip roof. I have an internal ceiling height at 12' but because of the hip section I had to shift my 2-post lift off center from my garage door and get a baseplate style lift. Both aren't ideal but it works.

IMO you should build the 12' side walls and use scissor trusses and as long as its wrapped in the same materials as the house it'll fit in just fine. Maybe you can even get a window up by the peak to help break it up a bit.

my little toyota tacoma, small one, on my lift so I can walk under it, Im 5'5. the roof of the toyota is 12'6"

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

You might consider either a Jerkinhead or Dutch Gable design. Both give you longer ridge length while adding some 'Hip' flavor. Think outside the box...yes that was a play on words.

 

[billconner]

It seems you could get a truss system with coffer trusses and high section longer than the ridge. Or frame with rafters and design for rafter ties 1/3 up, for 4' above top plate.

Appearance and tall walls, might help to include a stem wall above floor - 2 to 3'. Maybe even decorative like split face block. The horizontal break up should help it blend with house.

 

[iamhomeless]

My grandfather's house had a hipped roof, so did his 22x40 shop, walls of the shop were 2ft higher than the walls of the house and that shop sat 15-20ft from the back of the house. Granted I grew up staring at that garage, but I never thought it looked odd, if anything it was became the platonic ideal of a suburban detached shop for me.

Grandpa built that garage himself in the mid 60's, it was sized specifically so he could park his Marathon oil delivery truck inside and was only a single bay, but that was probably a pretty big time home shop considering the time frame.

 

[trippettd]

This is what I’m working with. The garage would sit in the left hand side

 

[PoorUB]

Nice shack!

I still say to build what you want. Finish the front of the shop to match the house. If you put in smaller overhead doors you can put a little fake roof line to break up the front facade. Something like this, but to match the house.
https://cdn.houseplansservices.com/product/iootjv44frhn4bte1s00oo5u6q/w1024.jpg?v=8

The brown fascia in this picture would be white to match the house, and perhaps put the "fake" roof line over the smaller door.

 

[sleek98]

It will not look odd. It will be almost as tall as the main section with the dormers but you won’t notice that much.

 

[iamhomeless]

This is what I’m working with. The garage would sit in the left hand side

The house is more than big enough to keep the shop from dominating the view. It will be fine, if you want you could add some dormers with windows along the shop roof to break up the roof line and give you more light, or go with a lower roof line to make the shop seem smaller than the house.

 

[dfiler2]

I agree, after seeing the house I think the 12' walls will be just fine.

 

[trippettd]

Thank you all for all of the help. I think I’m going to move on the 12ft walls. I just don’t want a garage that doesn’t serve the purpose I want it to

 

[rust in the eye]

Agreed on your choice of 12' walls. With scissor trusses* you'll need to move your lift towards center, perhaps not the best use of space.
As far as perspective goes you may wish to decrease the roof pitch.
* not a fan of trusses for a garage at all as your attic space is worthless for storage and the ceiling, unless engineered for it, has no strength should you ever desire to use any lifting mechanism from above.