About garages with rear entry man door

[NES]

I was wondering why do garages have a rear entry man door? I myself prefer to have one in the front next to the garage door or on the side
of the garage. Especially in the winter time. With dealing with groceries, shoveling, or having any other items that wouldn't require you to open the garage door. Not having to worry about loosing heat in the garage.

 

[captain14]

My 20x10 is a brick building. Garage door under front gable and outward swinging rear man door under rear gable. This was built to fit cars from the 1940 era I assume.

If the man door was on the side, the walls Would have to be taller to a accomadate a full height door? The roof is a 6/12 to match my house. There was not a stoop outside my rear door either until I poured one. I know the garage was built after the house (1939).

 

[Stuart in MN]

Depends on the layout of the garage, I suppose. My detached garage faces the alley, so the man door is on the back side, facing the house. I pull the car into the garage, then go through the man door and walk straight to the house.

 

[turbowoodworker]

Safety egress?

 

[Elginz]

Location, location, location, I don't have one in the back and do a lot of walking around back. Stuff happens in the back yard.

 

[lakeroadster]

All doors and windows on my unattached garage are visible from the house... just so I can keep an eye out for neir-do-wells.

 

[csp]

Pretty sure that there could be a multitude of reasons.

 

[nadogail]

Everything depends on something that will be revealed to us in time.

 

[NES]

I should've been more clear. I see a lot of man doors on the rear of garages that are attached to houses.

 

[lakeroadster]

Access to the back yard for when your needing tools or doing dirty jobs..... need to go out front, put up the door.

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John

 

[TAMPAGT07]

"Rear entry man door"

Sounds like a politically correct term for a womans ****.....

 

[BMW Rider]

Depends on the layout of the garage, I suppose. My detached garage faces the alley, so the man door is on the back side, facing the house. I pull the car into the garage, then go through the man door and walk straight to the house.

Same for me. The man door is on the side closest to the house.

 

[sberry]

So you can step out to P

 

[csp]

I should've been more clear. I see a lot of man doors on the rear of garages that are attached to houses.

You realize that not every garage is attached to the house in the same orientation that yours is, right?

Or that not every lot is laid out the same?

Great thread....lol

 

[hangfirew8]

I think its three things.

First many garages are only 2 or 4 feet on each side larger than the car door. So, not much room for a swinging access door.

Second, crossflow ventilation works best when openings are in line with each other.

Third, fencing might be put up later to control access to a pool or keep a dog inside, so access to the back yard becomes a priority, especially in narrow yards where the garage is close to the edge of the yard.

Finally, once a building pattern gets established, it gets used everywhere whether the driving justifications are present or not.

-HF

 

[Zeke]

See my sig line.

 

[NES]

You realize that not every garage is attached to the house in the same orientation that yours is, right?

Or that not every lot is laid out the same?

Great thread....lol

No I know that not every garage is attached to the house. Where I live the houses are on an acre lots. The yards are fairly wide. Some of my neighbors do have a entry door on the back of their garage. Mine is next to the garage door. Which is really nice. Anyways everyone has their personal preference.

 

[Radio Flyer]

My garage is narrow, and code calls for in swing doors. If a car is parked in the garage, i couldn't open it anyway. Totally useless if the power is out, or a problem with the overhead. I added a rear door that swings out to use when the power is out. Turns out it also provides a nice breeze when open.

 

[nickm1024cobra]

I should've been more clear. I see a lot of man doors on the rear of garages that are attached to houses.

My man door is on the back for a couple reasons. Lets a nice breeze run through the work area when both big door and man door is open.

2. I like to have the door open looking out into the backyard when the kids are playing.

Method to the madness

 

[slip knot]

So you can step out to P

This is why I had one installed in my shop.

 

[nadogail]

We are all alike in that we are all different from each other.

My garages are on 25 foot wide, 140 feet long lots. They are built with 3 foot setbacks from the lot lines. One of the garages is 4 feet longer than the other. The shorter garage was built to the minimum requirements of the building code. The longer garage has the man door swinging in, there is room in the garage to accommodate this. The shorter garage has an out swing door because there isn't room for the door to swing in.

I was not able to have design input for either garage, they were built before I bought them.

We do the best we can with what we have.