gsxrken
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Hello everyone- longtime lurker but finally in a position to make my first post/ thread on this board.
I want to build a 3 car detached garage with a future apartment above it. I'd like it to fit architecturally with our center hall colonial with a peak on the roof and on the front porch portico.
My ideas go along the lines of this one, found on the net:
In terms of siting the building on the property, I would like the garage doors facing my house's two car garage doors. I'll post up some more pics but I have my first question right off the bat.
Here's a shot of the left side of the property where I'd like the garage:
A closer shot of the spot for the garage, showing the elevation:
So my first question is this: I'd like the garage floor level to be even with my existing driveway. Obviously I need to cut in the earth to get down to that level. Would you recommend I get estimates to dig and pour floor and walls high enough to serve as earth retainers, or should I dig out further and build in an earth retaining wall all around the structure?
I don't want to have a humidity problem for this car restoration and storage purposed garage. Obviously the floor is in direct contact with the ground, but I'm afriad if the walls are too for 4 feet or so that I may get a "wet basement" kind of thing going.
Thoughts? And thanks for a great board. I've already learned a ton searching and lurking, but I'm sure I'll have more to ask as I proceed.
Ken
I want to build a 3 car detached garage with a future apartment above it. I'd like it to fit architecturally with our center hall colonial with a peak on the roof and on the front porch portico.
My ideas go along the lines of this one, found on the net:
In terms of siting the building on the property, I would like the garage doors facing my house's two car garage doors. I'll post up some more pics but I have my first question right off the bat.
Here's a shot of the left side of the property where I'd like the garage:
A closer shot of the spot for the garage, showing the elevation:
So my first question is this: I'd like the garage floor level to be even with my existing driveway. Obviously I need to cut in the earth to get down to that level. Would you recommend I get estimates to dig and pour floor and walls high enough to serve as earth retainers, or should I dig out further and build in an earth retaining wall all around the structure?
I don't want to have a humidity problem for this car restoration and storage purposed garage. Obviously the floor is in direct contact with the ground, but I'm afriad if the walls are too for 4 feet or so that I may get a "wet basement" kind of thing going.
Thoughts? And thanks for a great board. I've already learned a ton searching and lurking, but I'm sure I'll have more to ask as I proceed.
Ken
