oliveriv
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I've finally gotten the go ahead from the boss to put up an outbuilding to house a tractor and some future cars. Got to love being married to a farm girl.
After talking with the city, I will be allowed a maximum of 1200 square feet, with a maximum height of 18 feet, including things like a cupola. The funny thing is that given the size of my lot, they will let me have 2 x 1200 square foot buildings, within 10' of one another, but not one slightly larger, such as a 60' x 30' that I was originally drooling over.
Given my constraints, and a quick inventory of all our stuff, present and future, a 40'W x 30'D (or some dimensions in-between) building should do the trick. I would like this to be a three car garage with a shop, as I am a woodworker first, part-time hoarder second. In looking around the internet, something along the lines of a Behm 1554-1R plan, below, with the addition of a continuous rear shed dormer and 10’ overhang on the back, is the look that I am after.
My questions are:
1. To maximize shop space, I was thinking of going 42'W x 28'D versus 40’W x 30’D, with the hope of maximizing width for the shop area. To those more experienced, am I going to miss anything that one depth (or width) would allow?
2. A lot of plans I see online, such as the one below, seem to have a lot of very narrow widths between doors, in order to fit three doors in. Would three 9'W x 8'H doors be the way to go, or perhaps something like one 16' x 8' and one 9' x 8'? I'm thinking aesthetically, as well as practically.
I've been lurking for quite a while here and have learned so much already. I thank you in advance for any insights you might be able to provide.
After talking with the city, I will be allowed a maximum of 1200 square feet, with a maximum height of 18 feet, including things like a cupola. The funny thing is that given the size of my lot, they will let me have 2 x 1200 square foot buildings, within 10' of one another, but not one slightly larger, such as a 60' x 30' that I was originally drooling over.
Given my constraints, and a quick inventory of all our stuff, present and future, a 40'W x 30'D (or some dimensions in-between) building should do the trick. I would like this to be a three car garage with a shop, as I am a woodworker first, part-time hoarder second. In looking around the internet, something along the lines of a Behm 1554-1R plan, below, with the addition of a continuous rear shed dormer and 10’ overhang on the back, is the look that I am after.
My questions are:
1. To maximize shop space, I was thinking of going 42'W x 28'D versus 40’W x 30’D, with the hope of maximizing width for the shop area. To those more experienced, am I going to miss anything that one depth (or width) would allow?
2. A lot of plans I see online, such as the one below, seem to have a lot of very narrow widths between doors, in order to fit three doors in. Would three 9'W x 8'H doors be the way to go, or perhaps something like one 16' x 8' and one 9' x 8'? I'm thinking aesthetically, as well as practically.
I've been lurking for quite a while here and have learned so much already. I thank you in advance for any insights you might be able to provide.
