24 vrs 26

[curbshopper]

my thought was to make our garage /car parking area 24 wide x28. thru the magic of CL I have found 26 foot rafters for $1200 to go 30 feet deep.Am i correct in thinking that 26 wide for a 2 car garage is even better and then other stuff will store there and leaves more in my shop area for me ! shop area is at 24 x 24 ,thoughts welcome

 

[Labradorian]

never can too big.....

I went with 30ft deep 28ft wide. have a 18ft long dodge Monaco car in it and wanted plenty of room to work in front of the cars plus room for a bench along the back wall. plus room for a tool box etc behind me if im facing my workbench on the far wall.

never have enough space......my motto is if you think a 26ft will work, then go with a 28 or 30 like buying screws or nails, if you think you will need a pound get some extra.

 

[Responder]

^^^^^^^x2

You will not be sorry that you went bigger. One point to factor in though is the cost to finish the extra square footage.......but well worth it in the end!

 

[kbs2244]

You will have room to swing thr car doors open if you go wider with seprate garage doors.

 

[bczygan]

bigger is better

 

[PanelDeland]

Name one person you know who ever said, "I wish I had built my garage smaller."

 

[Streetbu]

My garage is 24x34. Really wish it was 26' wide... Have fun!

 

[Milton Shaw]

Make sure the total length is not the 26' that would leave you with no overhang on each side. Bigger is better for sure on garage size.

 

[MFolks]

"People complain about it being too expensive. People complain about it being too small. Nobody complains about it being too big."

 

[egnorant]

Had a friend build his shop 15 years ago and started with "I will never use that much space" and went up at least 20% on every dimension. His favorite is his 16 foot wide garage door and he says he stopped regretting the $4000 extra cost and 8 month longer build about 6 months after he built it.

Bruce

 

[atty5420]

ditto, ditto, ditto

When I built the house, I blew mine out 6', and now, 14 years later, I wonder what was I thinking? I would have taken it out 15' more, and another 10' on the back, but that was then, and I have to live with what I thought was going to be more than enough. I wasn't familiar with the concept that there is no such thing as "enough", let alone "more than enough".

 

[sberry]

2 ft works out to about 10% usable space. 2 ft wouldn't mean much on a 100 ft building but that is already too small to start with. This is a place in life to stretch and be all you can be, you can make up a little on other stuff later but like cubic inches,,, no substitute for square ft.

I am in bsiness and have a shop but my ultimate hobby shop would be 40X 60 or so. Big enough to have a little elbow room but easy to heat and not too much walking.