No, no, no. Do a single 16-18 ft door. It is SO much easier to deal w/ a utility trailer, a wider vehicle etc. Know why people knock side mirrors off cars? Because they are looking back and forth left and right but somehow when they are looking left the right mirror hits. W/ a wide single door each car only has to worry about one side of the opening. Even at just 24 wide it's easy to pull cars in at a slight angle to spread them apart and make door opening less of a worry. I suspect you will have a man door on that left wall to get to the breezeway. So your wife gets the prime left side and has room to open her car door. You park on the right but pull in at an angle toward the right. Now you can open your door too. So, so much easier w/ a single wide door.
Thanks CraigStu, didn't think about pulling out (haha) part. First thought was pulling in would be a cinch. Now that you mentioned, a single door would take up less ceiling space with the motor and mounts. Yep, we'll have a man door on the left side that leads to the patio. I,m not sure what we're thinking qualifies as a breeze way, but the overhang of the garage roof will be on top of the main house a little.
Can’t help you specifically, but I have a 25x30 detached metal building in my back yard. I’m close to you off Westview and Hillendahl. Tried to buy a house off Northampton, but timing didn’t work out.
Hello fellow SBDer (Spring Branch District-er, not sure if that's a thing). We were looking over in Spring Valley at first where it sounds like you reside now, and that was cost prohibitive. Very nice area and close to town too! that's what drew us to the area. Then we ventured a little east where you were looking Afton Village, but couldn't find what we wanted. We're planning on staying in the house for 10+ years and wanted to make it our own, so we knew we had to find a fixer-upper. Good sized lots in Afton Village, and zoned to Memorial High School.
Funny - I started looking for my garage build thread and realized i posted the majority of that on the Chevelle Forum I am on. You can check it out here:
https://www.chevelles.com/forums/69-tools-shops/677306-garage-build-6.html
Sadly, I also realized how much I miss that garage. We bought a new house last summer and now I just have a standard attached 2-car garage with no room to build on our lot
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Thanks dmc, great garage you got there. Neat site! Sorry to hear abotu your garage loss. On the bright side you have a garage
We currently don't have one, as we converted ours to a new master suite.
I'm having a 30x24 built this summer. We are using 30' attic trusses with a 10/12 pitch so we have a 14-6 x24 room up top and everything looks proportional to the house
Sweet! Are you going to start a garage build thread? I would definitely subscribe. Reading all these garage build threads makes me want to try to build myself. I am by no means a pro, but I'd like to consider myself handsy, er handy!
Have you checked with lumber yards in your area? I bought a 24X30 kit from a local yard(Dixieline) Everything you need to build on your slab delivered. They offered 24wX24,30, or 36.
Howdy Bobf! Have not talked to a lumber yard about a kit yet. We're still working on getting permits, and in order to do so the city requires site plan, and detailed drawings etc. Also going to get a materials list so we can send it to lumber yard. Downside of living close to downtown, permit for everything. Like everyone here on GJ we'd like to keep cost down, and plan on doing a shell first and then figure out what we want to do inside. Will definitely look into that as well.
Appreciate all the great feed back from everyone!
