24*26 Gable loft needs Window help!

[papp101]

Hi all,

I'm finally building my 24*26 garage in S. Minneapolis on a little 125*50 lot.

We built it with room in attic trusses, heated floor, 18*8 garage door and a 5'4" side door. Excited to get the siding on!

The Problem: after a year of planning, I still couldn't pull the trigger on the right window for the gable end. My goal in the future is to fab up an extending boom on a trolley to use as a hoist for unloading things on and off of the trailer down below or lifting some odd things up into the loft.
We had one like this was just a rope and a pulley attached inside the building when we were kids. Works great.

Measurements: 42 wide by 54 tall. (Rough opening.)

I prefer it swing in rather than out. French or single, doesn't matter. I'll add the simulated divided lights.

The matching Gable end on my house has a standard double hung, so I can sidered buying a regular double-hung window, then putting it in a frame with hinges and latch. However, I have a lot to do right now and building that window seems like a lot of extra work. It needs to be extremely sturdy so it wouldn't sag on the hinges when open, and also be weather tight as we get a lot of snow and rain here and I don't want it rotting out in 5 years.

If I order a single tilt turn window, it's 850. Buy a nice double hung and it's 250. The budget is tight, but reasonable.

What would you do?
Thanks or the input.



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[driftpin]

So it would be ~38" X 24" clear, open measurement if it was a double-hung, assuming you didn't remove both sashes, and just opened one, top or bottom. That's not a lot of room for something bulky.

Go cheap for now & re-visit it when you have more $ and time to address the issue. Obviously a taller casement window allows you more room to move something in/out, than using a double-hung.

What about a door w/some barrier on the inside, to prevent an unsuspecting second-story person taking an unintended quick trip 'downstairs?' Then you would have a lot of room for larger objects. Looking at the pics, it appears you only have room for that 42" rough-in height. Scratch the door idea.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I'm in south Minneapolis as well. I don't know how your gable end wall is built, but do you have enough room to put in a door something like what I did?

The construction was pretty simple, they're basically pieces of plywood covered with 5/4 redwood for the frame and bead board for the infill. It doesn't have to be a double door, it could be a single as well. Of course there's no glass in it so you can't see out, but if the space is just for storage that's not important.

 

[matt_i]

The hoist has to go out the window opening if you intend to trolley the load inside to the floor. I think the solution has to be defined by the size and weight of the objects that you intend to hoist-up.

I think you will be hard pressed to find in-swing (swing from the side, on hinges) exterior windows that are pre-made. In addition the linkage would probably need modification or to be removed and replaced (temporarily) with a fixed bar to prevent the window from crashing in or out depending on wind gusts.

Your best bet for weatherproofing imo is to build an extra large drip edge into the design. They can be bent from trim coil, although I'd try to source the thicker "gutter stock" that people who roll-form seamless gutters will have.

 

[driftpin]

Some egress window specs may be of use:
https://www.familyhandyman.com/windows/how-to-plan-egress-windows/view-all/

https://www.marvin.com/marvin/windows/tilt-turn-hopper-tilt-turn
Pan-down to 'Features and Options,' and then 'How It Works.'