Advice from those witha 30x30

[heiner921]

Looking at building a 30x30 that will mainly be for parking 2 cars and maybe a small bar area for entertaining guests. I have another 30x30 for storage so shouldn't be filling this one up to much. It will be isulated/heated.

My main question is the size of over head door. For those of you with a 30x30, do u have 2 over head doors or 1 large wide over head door?
Personally I'd like to put a single 18x8 door in and avoid the change of hitting the middle in between the doors.

Pictures of anyones 30x30 garage with with an 18x8 would be a huge plus for me to visualize what I'm gonna be getting. Cant seem to find anything like it on google. TIA

 

[jonshonda]

32x32 would get you better board yields.

 

[Shiftless]

32x32 would get you better board yields.

AND another 124 square feet !

I’ve yet to hear from anyone who wishes he had built a smaller garage.

 

[heiner921]

Ok.with a 32x32. Has anyone done a single large door?

 

[gmtech]

I have 2 10x10 doors in my 30x30x12 metal garage and im happy. Like you, I had a hard time deciding.

 

[oldcpecdr]

Mine is 30 x30 with an 18 x 8...leaves a lot of side room for storage, shelves, and misc. In retrospect except for aesthetics I might have been better off installing the door with a two foot offset but I’m definitely in the one door camp. In the dead of winter there would be less heat loss opening a smaller door but the advantage of the 18 foot door still make it the winner for me.

Mike B

 

[heiner921]

Mine is 30 x30 with an 18 x 8...leaves a lot of side room for storage, shelves, and misc. In retrospect except for aesthetics I might have been better off installing the door with a two foot offset but I’m definitely in the one door camp. In the dead of winter there would be less heat loss opening a smaller door but the advantage of the 18 foot door still make it the winner for me.

Mike B

Can u send me a few pics of ur garage?

 

[heiner921]

I have 2 10x10 doors in my 30x30x12 metal garage and im happy. Like you, I had a hard time deciding.

What was the deciding factor that made you go to 2 doors?

 

[gmtech]

What was the deciding factor that made you go to 2 doors?

Ease of access. I have a 2 post lift that I had to be able to pull straight into the garage to get on it. If I had done a single, it would have to be offset to one side or put the lift closer to the center of the garage which I didn't want to do. Also, backing a trailer in one side is much easier if the other side is occupied by a car etc.

 

[NotOrganized]

You can fit two 12' wide doors on a 30' wall. My advice, if you ever plan or even think you might want an RV, go with as tall as you can. I have two 12'wx14'tall doors on a 30ft wall. Works nice.

 

[heiner921]

You can fit two 12' wide doors on a 30' wall. My advice, if you ever plan or even think you might want an RV, go with as tall as you can. I have two 12'wx14'tall doors on a 30ft wall. Works nice.

I already have another 30x40 with tall doors. That my camper sits in. Golden there

 

[lawhorne]

You can fit two 12' wide doors on a 30' wall. My advice, if you ever plan or even think you might want an RV, go with as tall as you can. I have two 12'wx14'tall doors on a 30ft wall. Works nice. .....excellent point. If you have only one building, get tallest doors as feasible. Even if you don't have an RV, having the tall doors would make the building marketable as an RV storage building when the time comes to sell.

 

[AMCguy]

I think the only two advantages of a double wide door, is it's slightly less expensive than two singles and with a double you can drive straight into the middle of your garage. If you want to avoid hitting the wall between your two doors, think about going wider than the standard nine foot width. I used two 10'x12'' doors on my 32'x32', mainly to have my lift centred in one bay. To accomplish that with a double door would have required a 24' width. I watched my friend install such a door. It's an absolute beast.

An option if you want to think outside of the box (and maybe get a small airplane in and out) is, install two wider single doors close together and have the mullion and vertical tracks removable. This could be done as a one piece unit when both doors are open.

I think a garage width of anything over 24' looks better with two single doors than a double wide.

Glenn

 

[firebirdparts]

I have two doors for obvious reasons. The garage is 30 feet wide. It wouldn’t do much good to park cars in just 16 feet of it.

But you have fun with that.

 

[930dreamer]

30x40 single overhead door.

 

[19Vert64]

2 doors here


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[bluegoose972]

My neighbor did a 30'x30' and installed a single 18' door. When I got ready to install my 30x35, he recommended that I install two doors because he hates trying to squeeze one vehicle past the other. And if he's working on something in the doorway, you can't get past the project. I love my two 10' doors. As you can see, I also installed an access door in between.

 

[jmarkwolf]

I have an 18ft x 9ft door on my 28 x 30 detached garage. Wish I had gone taller so that I would have the option of parking a vacation trailer someday.

 

[roscoe2000]

i have a 32' x 36' D and i went with 2 door, as i was concern with 1) the weight of a single door and 2) mechanical failure. Which i did have at one point due to a broken torsion spring. With a second door as a backup, i was in no major rush to complete it replacement. This allowed me the time to research and upgrade.

 

[CraigStu]

WE built our house w/ a 28 deep x 32 wide garage on the right side. Installed a standard 16 x7 door on the left. My wife parks her daily driver on the left pretty normally and I have the rest for a shop for my Cobra replica. I pull in at an angle. If there were a weather coming we could easily get my daily driver in also.
20190320_125351 by craig stuard, on Flickr
The window is centered over my tool box work bench.

 

[SKFengineer]

I have a 30 x 28 x 12 with a single 16x8 door in the center. I got the single door for the exact reason you are considering it and I works as advertised. I park three cars lined up on the inside of the garage but for the most part I have to pull the center car out to get at the other two. Here is the thing I've considered a lift for working on cars in the garage but it's not deep enough to move around the lift so it would limit the cars to two cars unless I was willing to leave one on the lift all the time. Since I want t two post lift for service and not a four post lift for storage this is a bit of an issue for me. So if you are considering a lift someday try to make the garage deeper or consider how your plans will work with your door arrangement. Regarding the tall doors for RV's etc, I'm personally against the taller doors because of looks but that's an opinion and may not be yours.

 

[corvette43056]

24 ×32 have two doors so the lift is easier to get to with it on just one side.

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[corvette43056]

Here are pics hope this helps

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[oldcpecdr]

Re: Advice from those with a 30x30

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...947333&stc=1&d=15739413662&stc=1&d=1573941358

 

[PNWguy]

When faced with the same choice, I went with a pair of 10' doors. My main reason was cost, as the doors were not on the gable end of the building. The header size for an 18' span that also held up a second floor was much taller (limiting door height) and more expensive than a pair of 10' headers.

 

[rjacobs]

Whats the drive up access like?

Im looking at doing a 30x40 on a new piece of property, but will have only 12' wide of driveway access to it. Im planning only a single 14' door(plus a man door) on the 30' side because I would have no way to use either a wider door OR 2 doors...

 

[Kevkx125]

Here is my 30x40 with a single on the 30ft gable end.

 

[C2tuck]

30x30x12 with 16x8 insulated cedar door. Went with 16 instead of 18 cause 18’s have a tendency to sag in the middle over time. I like the storage around the perimeter and being able to pull in the middle when working on vehicles.

 

[Charlie51]

Corvette 43056, Nice touch! 'Kind of reminds me of a trolley barn.

 

[corvette43056]

Thanks

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[Falcon67]

Depends on your wall space needs- double doors chew up more wall space than a single.