Attached Double Car Garage Help

[kool]

Hi guys/gals,
I have a single car garage with a mud room attached to the house. Not enough room so I would like to renovate to enlarge to a double wide and probably remove the mud room.
Going to the city this month to look at my options as I will need permits and plans.
I would like to know if there are any threads in GarageJournal that may have done something like this so i can get some ideas. Most that I found were detached garages. Looking how a double attached garage people have done, roof lines and other ideas I may want to include in my plans.
Long shot but I find so much valuable info here, I don't want to regret not asking.
Thanks for any help.

 

[TeckniX]

add pics of what you have and drawings of what you plan on doing. If it wasn't done before, I'm sure the brilliant minds here will have no problem guiding you towards your build.

 

[kool]

Trying to figure out posting pics......

FINALLY!!! Picture posted
The existing garage is 11' wide + mud room is 8' wide and I have 13' from the garage to property line. Anyone with photoshop?
Thanks.

 

[pixelmonkey]

how deep do you want the garage?
what pitch is the roof?
do you want a single 16' door?

that photo is a big help. if you can post 1 more to the right, showing the property line, i can help a bit more tomorrow.
chris<pixelmonkey>

 

[kool]

Once I talk to the city for the "rules", I have 13' from garage to fence line, subtract what I have to leave from the property line, assuming 4'?
I believe the house is a 4-12 pitch? I would like to see a 25 wide x 40 long garage?
One large front door but prefer two 9x8 doors if I can. Interior walls 9 1/2 tall.
That is the only picture I took in the summer to see the property, snow around now
Thanks for any help to try and visualize this house with a bigger garage, different roof line with the house. Presently the garage and mud room is lower than the house, don't know why, I would like to be the same height.
Thanks again

Adding rear picture if that helps.

 

[CNGsaves]

Beautiful house and property !!

Since you have room in back, I'd build addition in such a way that whole house is now L shaped. Thus, make the addition more like a 4 car garage . . . right side a drive-thru all the way to back with 9'x8' garage door. In front I'd go with oversize 18'x8' door.

You could get the mud room back by enclosing portion of back deck between the new "L" addition and existing house. Good luck.

 

[kool]

Thanks for any help you can give me Chris

An L shape is what I was thinking, the front existing door I was going to reuse in the back to make a drive thru if needed later. 25x40 would be close to 4 car?
Would like to use two front doors instead of one large door.
Just would like to see different roof designs if possible. Same peak height as house continued to the garage and a gable garage roof length wise for the garage.
If that explains anything? Lol

 

[CNGsaves]

Not sure about front, but back side would be great with gable towards back yard and trusses that create giant BONUS room over the garage !!

Maybe the front slope of garage could have big dormer added for visual interest and allow natural light into smaller bonus room in that attic area.

Keep thinking "outside the box" and something will stick. Good luck.