New Attached garage

[dcuthill]

Hey guys

Looking at building a house and have found a house we like. But not sure on garage sizes or details

I am thinking 28' x 34' 3 car. With two doors. One large and the other smaller. Not sure of ceiling height. Maybe 12' or 13'. What do you guys think on door height?

Any info would be helpful.

 

[James-W]

My overhead door is 7 feet high which is fine for the cars we drive. If we had a big truck we would want a taller overhead door. I guess it is all in what vehicles you have and what vehicles you plan on buying in the future. If you aren't sure what vehicles you plan on buying in the future, then I would go with something taller than 7 feet, just in case you do get a taller vehicle(s).

 

[padroo]

With a high ceiling I would go with the eight foot door.
My house garage is 26 X 36 deep and isn't deep enough to put two full size cars end to end.
My ceiling is about 11 1/2 feet high.
Too small of a door just doesn't look right on a large garage or house. J MO

 

[bad_idea]

8' minimum. 7' you will have trouble driving lifted trucks in. 9' if you plan on using it for a shop space at all. Play around with some design software to sort the proportions. I have two 9x9 doors on the front of my shop with 12' ceilings and they make the building look much taller. Not desirable beside a one story house, but minor sacrifice for the ability to back a truck in loaded with a large object in the bed.

 

[spudley]

Since you have the ceiling height, definitely 8' tall as it doesn't add much to the door cost. I agree with one 16'-18' wide door. I have two garages, one with three 9' wide doors and the other with one 16' and one 9' wide. Guess which garage I prefer driving in and out?
The symmetry and appearance of equal sized doors is hard to beat but you'll appreciate wider openings if you have a full size truck.
8' wide doors should be outlawed.

 

[rburke65]

If you are building, definitely a 13’ ceiling height. Doors?... 8’ minimum with high lift track.

 

[dcuthill]

Thanks guys. Definetlly helps with your points of view. I have a truck and like the idea of bigger doors.

I think in the future I would want a lift. So a scissor truss is probably what I am looking at.

 

[onlyn8v]

My new detached is 24 D x 30 W One 16x8 and one 8x8
Clear span roof, 17ft. height

I have not found any of my friends trucks (inc a 2.5 ton m35a2) that wont fit in a 8ft tall door.

https://i.imgur.com/LiLVGrU.jpg

 

[LPD ret]

We built a ranch home 4 years ago. Since we built in a neighborhood that does not allow more than a 120 sq. ft. outbuilding I had to make the attached garage as large as possible. We ended up with a courtyard-load style garage 44' wide x 26' deep. A wall was built to separate 14" from the other 30'. That first space is my wife's garage and it is next to the house. The wall with man door hides from her view all of my junk. In the larger space we used scissor trusses to achieve a 12.5' ceiling height. I have a 4 post lift in the third bay and can lift my Silverado high enough to work underneath. But mainly, it is for a Corvette and a Trans Am - 12.5' is plenty for me; I'm 5'9".

I considered the little door/big door but decided on three doors. I wanted straight access to the lift. Two 8x8 and one 7 wide x 8 high. Side mount openers for clearance and door tracks run up at an angle.