Making your garage bigger??

[fitzee]

Been looking around the site and see alot of nice garages.Some big buck garages and alot of new garages. I picked up my house a few years back and it has a 16 by 20 garage on it.plan was to tear it down and build a new one. But between my budget and the fact that the garage is well built I have plans to build on to it. Plan is to add another 8 feet to the 20 and another 20 to the 16.I am looking for ideas on different ways you could build on to you garage.Anybody here building on??

 

[J Man]

That is one of the things I am looking to do. A lot will hae to do with how your property is set up and how much you have. I am wanting to add a 24x30 onto a existing 30x60. The existing building is a pole barn with sliding doors in the middle of one side. My plan is to remove the doors and add on there. I have 3 acres so space is not a problem.

Do you have room on any of the sies of your garage to add on? Will zoning even permit it?

 

[Palf]

You might find it cheaper and more useful in the end to tear the old one out and build the expanded version.

I have seen done what you want, they expand the slab/foundation, build te new wall framing, rip off the old roof, and build the new roof to cover everything (assuming yo are a pitched roof on your current structure). Then go and finish the walls/interrior.

I am not a contractor, but am friends with several building contractors (home and industrial) and I always though it weired to watch them demolish a place that was just bought and rebuild from scratch. They told me the majority of the time on certain types and expansions, it's just cheaper and more beneficial to the structure to start from scratch.

Good luck on yours!

 

[fitzee]

I have lots of room to build on.Where the garage sits now it is at the end of my driveway and siting on a peice of land about 45x80.I liked the layout and was one of the reason I bought the house. Now as for tearing it down and starting new. I wanted to do that but if I tear it down the town will only let me build a 24 by 30.Seems the laws have change in my part of town and there was a time when the garage could be 1/8 the size of your land.Now if you want to build on well the few people that I talk to about it say the permit for that is not so tight on size.

fitzee

 

[Palf]

Well that makes sense then, codes that allow basically unlimited expansion, but new construction has limits.

 

[LeadDoggy]

Been looking around the site and see alot of nice garages.Some big buck garages and alot of new garages. I picked up my house a few years back and it has a 16 by 20 garage on it.plan was to tear it down and build a new one. But between my budget and the fact that the garage is well built I have plans to build on to it. Plan is to add another 8 feet to the 20 and another 20 to the 16.I am looking for ideas on different ways you could build on to you garage.Anybody here building on??

Got pictures of the present garage you can show us?
How is the present roof layout?

 

[Z07coupe]

I have seen your situation before when the owner desired to replace/enlarge a home or shop, and it was not permitted by the local codes. Is it possible to build the new addition onto your present structure this year, and next year knock down the origional structure and replace with your desired finish product? May sound nuts, but I have seen this done.

 

[timgr]

My garage is 17x21 and should be enough for a single project vehicle and some workspace. I have no plans to extend the footprint other than a lean-to shed. The compressor and garden tools will be in the shed. There can be no other stuff in the garage though - no storage for mowers etc. and no parking under cover for my DD.

You might consider adding outbuildings (garden shed, carport, greenhouse?) and keep the enclosed garage for your shop or projects.

 

[rickairmedic]

I have plans to add onto my existing garage hopefully someday soon currently my house is a brick ranch with a 25 wide by 21 deep garage on one end with the 16' garage door comming off the end of the house I hope to add a 25 X 30 the 25 running with the existing 21' to the end of the house thus making the existing garage my fab area and the extension an area to play with the big toys . I am also planning to change the large door to the front of the house but also put a smaller 8 x 8 or so door on the end and another on the rear of the garage thatt way I can pull vehicles in from the front and still from the side the side door would be close to the back of the garage so I could pull cars in from the front park them and still get one in from the side . The rear door would simply be to pull them through into the GARAGE back yard . I would recomend a cheap desighn software to help you lay your plans out on the computer . I use Punch Pro Professional Home Suite a fairly cheap program around $30.00 that will even do 3D rendering and landscape .


Rick

 

[fitzee]

This is not much of a picture but you get a idea of the building I have now. The garage door is on the back lane. timgr you have no worries about house stuff in my garage. I have always had it so nothing but car stuff is in my garages.Wife don`t dare ask,she knows better. The idea I have is to come off the top of the roof and just make one truss longer then the other.The idea was going to face the front facing the house with a stile like the old gas stations had.That way it would not look odd.

Now to let you know I am not looking for a fancy perfect garage.I enjoy my playhouses and don`t mind getting them dirty eather.So perfect walls is not my plan.I want it to look nice but not too nice.you get the picture! Now it is not going to look like my old spot.played in this for over 25 years.Lots of stories behind them doors.

 

[rickairmedic]

Fitz I have a freind who did what you are wanting to he started basically with a 50's one car garage in his back yard and built off of it to the point where he almost has no backyard left LOL . He now parks his sportycar in the one car stall and can park his FJ40 one of the old ones , his jet boat , his trailer for the FJ40, and his dodge dually in the other part and still has room to play in there . I will have to try to get by there and get some picks for you it is a working garage not a showroom by any stretch.

Rick

 

[boiler7904]

The biggest problem I see is supporting the existing roof assuming that the ridge runs the length (20') of the building. If you blow out one of the 20' bearing walls, you'll have to install a pretty substantial beam in its place along with a column that will end up in the middle of your new workspace. Far from an ideal situation.

Talk to your building department and see how much of the original structure has to remain for the project to be considered an addition / remodel instead of new construction. Based on what you say you want to do (and without pics to review) it seems like you'd be better off taking down all but one of the 20' walls and one of the 16' walls and starting over. The roof is going to be tough to leave in tact unless you do the 8' addition as a lower pitch lean too type roof which takes you back to the column / beam bearing situation.

 

[rickairmedic]

The biggest problem I see is supporting the existing roof assuming that the ridge runs the length (20') of the building. If you blow out one of the 20' bearing walls, you'll have to install a pretty substantial beam in its place along with a column that will end up in the middle of your new workspace. Far from an ideal situation.

Talk to your building department and see how much of the original structure has to remain for the project to be considered an addition / remodel instead of new construction. Based on what you say you want to do (and without pics to review) it seems like you'd be better off taking down all but one of the 20' walls and one of the 16' walls and starting over. The roof is going to be tough to leave in tact unless you do the 8' addition as a lower pitch lean too type roof which takes you back to the column / beam bearing situation.

Boiler what my buddy did that I refered to in the post before your was leave his existing garage in place and simply build off of it it is essentially a seperate one car bay now with its own roll up door and the side door enters into the new space which also has its own larger roll up door on the front.

Rick

 

[fitzee]

My plan is to leave the walls up. I alway had a problem with not haveing a place to do a bit of painting and bodywork so the old garage will say and be my dirt bay/weldingshop/paintbooth.

 

[LeadDoggy]

Have you put thought into doing this in 2 stages?
First stage add on in the direction of the present ridge line on the roof. After you have completed this addition, start on the other direction. Build the walls and tie the roof into the present roof. Looking down from the top, you will have two ridge lines, one "T" into the other.

This is not much of a picture but you get a idea of the building I have now. The garage door is on the back lane. timgr you have no worries about house stuff in my garage. I have always had it so nothing but car stuff is in my garages.Wife don`t dare ask,she knows better. The idea I have is to come off the top of the roof and just make one truss longer then the other.The idea was going to face the front facing the house with a stile like the old gas stations had.That way it would not look odd.

Now to let you know I am not looking for a fancy perfect garage.I enjoy my playhouses and don`t mind getting them dirty eather.So perfect walls is not my plan.I want it to look nice but not too nice.you get the picture! Now it is not going to look like my old spot.played in this for over 25 years.Lots of stories behind them doors.

 

[fitzee]

LeadDoggy that is a good idea.I have looked into it and came across this.Might be on to something there.

 

[LeadDoggy]

LeadDoggy that is a good idea.I have looked into it and came across this.Might be on to something there.

that's what I'm talkin bout.....

 

[thomas34461usa]

Been looking around the site and see alot of nice garages.Some big buck garages and alot of new garages. I picked up my house a few years back and it has a 16 by 20 garage on it.plan was to tear it down and build a new one. But between my budget and the fact that the garage is well built I have plans to build on to it. Plan is to add another 8 feet to the 20 and another 20 to the 16.I am looking for ideas on different ways you could build on to you garage.Anybody here building on??

Hello I too would like to make my garage bigger or longer. I'm new here and I think this might be the right place to put this tread?? I'm getting a new truck and its a crew cab with a 8' foot box. Its about 146 inches long. I also have a hotwater hotwater tank, water pump tank taking space from me. The truck is a rew cab with an 8' foot bed. It measuresup around 145 inches in lenght. With nearly 2' stickin out the door? Any suggestion.
Thanks,
Tom