average garage size

[weatherall89]

As the title states, what's your garage size?

 

[MushCreek]

Our attached garage is an oversize 15 x 23 inside. It's only used for the wife's car and BBQ grilles. I feel that 24 x 24-ish is the minimum for a two-car. Many homes come with a nominal 20x20; not big enough for larger vehicles like pick-ups, and very tight for opening the doors even on smaller cars.

 

[jmiller_2308]

Attached house garage when the house was built was a 3 car at 30x24 with an extra 15' at the back of the 3rd stall and part of the middle stall that I used to use as the shop; about 900sqft. Cars and motorcycles park in this garage.

Attached a dedicated ~900 sqft shop onto that 5 years ago. It would have been bigger but zoning and placement limited its size. The shop has a car and motorcycle lift along with benches and plenty of room to work on projects. Also includes an 8x8 walled off area that is the garden shed so I can keep all that **** out of both the shop and the garage. The shop is accessed through a service door from the original garage so I have nice sound/smell isolation from the house.

 

[aggie113]

No attached garage. Detached will soon be 30x40 (being built).

 

[Notgrownup]

Attached 24x24 with 2 doors and a 24x24 with 1 door in the backyard with a 12x24 shed attached to it for pool and garden stuff.
Wish my attached was 28x28

 

[mmb617]

Originally I built a 36x24 and then later added a lift bay that is 16x24. So total is 52x24. I also have sheds in the backyard so I can keep **** out of the garage.

 

[skippydoo]

30x40 built due to property/lot size. Size needed 50x60 or bigger.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Odd first post...

 

[jethro29]

40x60 with 2 lofts

 

[Falcon67]

22x23 house, 24x40 near house.

 

[sberry]

80x80 shop and 80x100 storage.

 

[exranger06]

Attached garage, 20' wide and 22' deep, with a single 16' wide door. I've lived here for over 4 years and still haven't finished getting the place organized, so I can only fit one car in there amongst the junk. I'm not sure I could fit more than one in there anyway, though. The 16' wide door means the 2 cars would have to be really close to each other if I were to pull them straight in or out. I've haven't even attempted to fit 2 cars in there yet.

 

[Slednut]

My attached garage is 26x56. 20x20 detached for mowers, table saw etc.

 

[jumpstart]

Attached 24 x24. Detached 30 x 40.

 

[oldwino]

Too small

 

[larry_g]

Odd first post...

someone is trying to convince someone that 1500' is average...

Me, 2000'

lg
no neat sig line

 

[mbarone]

20 x 24 "2 car" attached garage with a 10 x 4 extra space off one wall with workbench and sink built in

 

[farmall400]

48x48, not even completely moved everything in yet and I believe it is too small.

 

[Charlie51]

20' wide by 26' deep attached garage; 39' wide by 26 or 27' wide detached garage on a lot across the street.

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

Attached garage is 24x28 with two car doors and a 3.5x9 utility closet in one corner. Detached is 24x30 with one car door.

 

[Homerr]

I've been drawing homes for a living in Washington state for 32 years.

If given a decent lot size and no real input from a client I'll default to a 24'x24' attached garage in most instances for a 2-car. If there are more limitations I'll make the garage as large as possible, i.e. - 24'x22', 21'x24'. If a client tells me they have a quad-cab pickup I'll try to make the minimum 24'x26'.

Whenever possible I go wider, deeper, or add an area to form an 'L' shape garage so that there is room for bikes, freezer, garbage cans, storage, workbench, etc. A third car bay can be offset sometimes to help add extra space. The plans and 3D models we show clients have recognizable sedans and SUVs shown in them so clients can get a sense of size. In almost every case the client has appreciated the extra room in the garage (since they did not consider the importance initially) or asked for even more room be added.

Tight lots, remodels, single-car families can vary. A tight lot 2-car could be 19' wide, but we all know that it would end up as a single car + storage, or even all storage. A single car garage ideally would be at least 13'x24' but could go down to 11'x20' if the client has a small car. I recently did a 'garage' addition that was 12'x18'. Not that usable as a garage, but the client wanted to use it as a potting shed she could back her car up to and unload soil, plants, etc.

 

[mike93lx]

Odd first post...

Probably won't return either.

My garage is 25x26. Too damn small

 

[zmotorsports]

My attached garage is approx. 1350 square feet with 14' tall ceilings and my detached is 3k square feet (50'x60') with 16' tall ceilings.

 

[PCMusicGuy]

New houses in the Houston area have anywhere from an 18 x 18 for a 2 car to about 22 x 22.

 

[bad_idea]

Detached 30x40 with 12' walls and cathedral ceiling for a 14' center.