Fishwacker
Active member
Hi All,
This won't help anyone who's already built their shop or are making do with what was already there but, it might help someone in the planning stages. What I'm talking about is door opening height. Be certain that your plan will allow for a few additional inches of clearance above anything you might have or plan on having go through the doors. Don't let your architect or contractor dictate what you want.
In my case I had purchased an 8 X 8 X 20ft. sea container to store some tools and additional items in while my 30 X 60 garage was being built. The conditional use permit required that I remove the container from the property once the certificate to occupy was issued. Had I thought of it beforehand I could have had the garage door openings made a few inches taller so I could shove that sea container into the building allowing for 10 feet in front to open the doors and still have about 5 ft. left. It would have made a great motorcycle safe, gun safe or whatever safe inside the garage. With it inside and the doors closed it would not be considered "on the property".
I don't know about the rest of the country but in Southern California most counties do not allow sea containers on residential properties. They're considered a nuisance. Dang it.
This won't help anyone who's already built their shop or are making do with what was already there but, it might help someone in the planning stages. What I'm talking about is door opening height. Be certain that your plan will allow for a few additional inches of clearance above anything you might have or plan on having go through the doors. Don't let your architect or contractor dictate what you want.
In my case I had purchased an 8 X 8 X 20ft. sea container to store some tools and additional items in while my 30 X 60 garage was being built. The conditional use permit required that I remove the container from the property once the certificate to occupy was issued. Had I thought of it beforehand I could have had the garage door openings made a few inches taller so I could shove that sea container into the building allowing for 10 feet in front to open the doors and still have about 5 ft. left. It would have made a great motorcycle safe, gun safe or whatever safe inside the garage. With it inside and the doors closed it would not be considered "on the property".
I don't know about the rest of the country but in Southern California most counties do not allow sea containers on residential properties. They're considered a nuisance. Dang it.
