26x40

[Ebuuck]

Hey everyone,
I'm needing some help with my plans. I'm trying to figure out if 26 ft. wide is wide enough. We have a Subaru car and a tacoma truck to fit. I thought about going 28 ft. wide but $$ comes into play. What is your opinion/experiences? Is 26' enough to open doors? Thanks!

 

[Kevin54]

26' is wide enough t open the doors. The wider the better though. If you are going to be building 26' x 40', if possible, make the 26' the depth and the 40' the width. Or if in the budget go 28' deep x 40' wide.

 

[regguy1]

Here's photos and videos of my 30' wide x 26' deep. I'd definatly go larger on width than depth:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140674

 

[Stuart in MN]

If you are going to be building 26' x 40', if possible, make the 26' the depth and the 40' the width.

That's what I did. With a 40 foot deep garage, you have to pull one car out of the garage to get at anything parked in the front. If it's 40 feet wide you can park 4 vehicles side by side.

 

[Mudbone]

Hey everyone,
I'm needing some help with my plans. I'm trying to figure out if 26 ft. wide is wide enough. We have a Subaru car and a tacoma truck to fit. I thought about going 28 ft. wide but $$ comes into play. What is your opinion/experiences? Is 26' enough to open doors? Thanks!

Are you just parking or working on vehicles? For parking only 26 ft is wide enough. As others mentined, if it will fit your lot/land/yard, it would be better to go 3 car and have the doors on the 40 foot side.

If you have to have the doors on the short side and you need room to work, I would go 30 ft. (Heck, I would do 30ft either way.) You could have a 3 ft wall, 10 ft door, 4 foot wall, 10 foot door, 3 ft wall and this would give you plenty of room. That extra 4 feet will not cost you very much at all.

 

[Ebuuck]

Thanks for the help. The plan and reason for the 40 foot depth is for a shop in the back. I'm a wood worker so I planned on blocking the main parking garage portion off from the workshop. The workshop could be a third bay or a place to park a tractor, lawn mower, etc.

 

[Stuart in MN]

OK, that explains the 40 foot deep design. I think 26 feet wide is plenty.

 

[Mudbone]

Thanks for the help. The plan and reason for the 40 foot depth is for a shop in the back. I'm a wood worker so I planned on blocking the main parking garage portion off from the workshop. The workshop could be a third bay or a place to park a tractor, lawn mower, etc.

If that is the case then I would let the woodshop dictate the width of the building. I would lay out all of your workstations for tools you have now and ones you want in the future. Discuss it with your woodworking buddies. Keep rearranging it until the work flow and space makes sense to you. Whatever size it needs to be. Assuming it's at least 26 ft. Then I would just add on about 24 feet in length for parking the cars.

 

[NUTTSGT]

If you need to work on a vehicle in a 26' wide garage, I suggest taking the other car out and moving the other one in the middle. It'll give you plenty of room.