New garage, need advice

[Gettysburg150]

Hello all,

My wife and I will be trying to buy a new-to-us property soon. We've decided trying to make our 2-story 2-car garage bigger on our 1.3 acre lot is going to be overkill for the area and are planning to purchase a 10 acre homestead.


I NEED parking for 5 vehicles, I'd LIKE to have parking for 6 vehicles. Lean-to coverage may be adequate for 2 or 3 vehicles, the others will need to be inside.

I have 3 riding lawn mowers, a small tiller, and associated parts/accessories to go with each. Couple other toys like a ATV and dirt bike

I need room to have my tool box set up and a couple work benches/shelves to work and store things.

I'm envisioning an area that I could use to work on whatever (light metal fab, maintenance, engine/axle/trans rebuilds, etc) and still have parking so I don't have to pull a car out to have work area.

I'd like to have a 2 post lift to make servicing vehicles easier.



I'm thinking something around a 40x60 with 14' walls. Does anyone have any insights/suggestions as to lay out, size, things you'd add/remove, etc?

We're just in the planning stage currently, still going through financing on the property, but we need to have a game plan together to make this work. Thanks!

Jason

 

[Richard Cranium]

40x60 sounds about right. I have never heard any one say that they built their shop too big. but so many times that it is too small. Go 150 0/0 of what you think you need. Maybe it will be ok, Figure what you will need in 15 to 20 yrs so you don't have to do it over....

 

[ddawg16]

I'd do two separate structures. 3 Car garage attached to the house. Then a detached garage for the toys.

I'd also consider putting a loft in the back part. Especially if it has a balcony to overlook the main part. Wife could kick back up there while you work.

At 10 acres, you have plenty of space....but that detached garage could really make the area look better...and the house would stay quieter.

If you go detached....make sure you run plenty of conduit between the house and garage. Power, signal, Ethernet....etc.

 

[Gettysburg150]

Thank you gentlemen.

My concern with the 40x60 would be doing the work then still not having enough space for everything. Of course cost is always a concern as well.

I like the idea of an attached three car for a lot of reasons but I'm not sure if that will work for this situation. Only place I can figure on having one attached would be the rear of the house (west) because there is a well on the south, septic on the north, and road front pretty close on the east. Even in doing one on the west side I'd most likely be driving over well lines. I don't know if that is bad or not. It doesn't sound like it would be a good idea. Oh and apparently there are 4 wells on the property so placement will have to be cautious

 

[jives]

Go to the CB Structures design center and play around with fitting your things to different garage sizes. Works like a charm.

http://www.cbstructuresinc.com/resources/design-center/building-layout-planner.php

 

[Gettysburg150]

jives, that is an excellent tool, thanks for sharing