Hey all, been a lurker for years but think I may be putting up a new garage to buy me a few years here still. Not my forever garage build, but also don’t want to make any rookie mistakes with money being spent. Any advice tips etc are appreciated.
Limited to 864sqft, and given circumstances…. Tandem 2 car (4car) is the plan… ~22x39. 10’ walls, hip style 4/12 roof in front, gable out back for lift clearance. Roof height is limited due to ranch house. I’ve since decided to go with a 18x8 door vs (2) 9x8 doors (8ft is max door height). Attached are my mock layouts to get a sense of how things would play with vehicles etc.
1) Biggest concern is width… With nothing on the walls in front 2 bays (ateast below 7ft), will I be frustrated with a small suv and pickup? 13 Ford escape and Ford Raptor. Raptor is wider than average truck. Should I tweak the design to add more width, say to 23x37? Hoping to squeeze every inch I can so plan to inquire about .5” etc. I believe with the lift (extra long and wide) and escape parked in front of that, the 37 could possibly work. Looking at things on paper the 22 looked to be best, but paper and real world differ.
2) Believe i'm now going with 18x8 door vs (2) 9x8, look to get more flexibility, though I did like getting doors spaced wider out toward the walls to avoid turning in. That said raptor width with mirrors is 8’+ so this might be easier to watch just one side pulling in and out.
3) I believe my plans included some strategy with the joists in the rear to get 13’ clearance in the rear, but hoped to not push the lift too far toward center as truck needs to pull past it. On opposite side.
Some details on cars/lift dimensions…
Inches Feet
Holden L 196.0 16.3
W 75.0 6.3
H 58.0 4.8
Raptor L 220.6 18.4
W 86.3 7.2
H 78.5 6.5
W (w mirrors) 97.0 8.1
Escape L 178.0 14.8
W 72.0 6.0
H 66.0 5.5
Fastback L 181.6 15.1
W 68.2 5.7
H 51.2 4.3
4 post lift L 224.0 18.7
W 110.3 9.2
H 88.0 7.3
Raptor & Holden 34.7
Raptor & Mustang 33.5
Escape & Holden 31.2
Escape & Mustang 30.0
Raptor & Lift 37.1
Escape & lift 33.5
Excuse the excel spreadsheet designs ha
Limited to 864sqft, and given circumstances…. Tandem 2 car (4car) is the plan… ~22x39. 10’ walls, hip style 4/12 roof in front, gable out back for lift clearance. Roof height is limited due to ranch house. I’ve since decided to go with a 18x8 door vs (2) 9x8 doors (8ft is max door height). Attached are my mock layouts to get a sense of how things would play with vehicles etc.
1) Biggest concern is width… With nothing on the walls in front 2 bays (ateast below 7ft), will I be frustrated with a small suv and pickup? 13 Ford escape and Ford Raptor. Raptor is wider than average truck. Should I tweak the design to add more width, say to 23x37? Hoping to squeeze every inch I can so plan to inquire about .5” etc. I believe with the lift (extra long and wide) and escape parked in front of that, the 37 could possibly work. Looking at things on paper the 22 looked to be best, but paper and real world differ.
2) Believe i'm now going with 18x8 door vs (2) 9x8, look to get more flexibility, though I did like getting doors spaced wider out toward the walls to avoid turning in. That said raptor width with mirrors is 8’+ so this might be easier to watch just one side pulling in and out.
3) I believe my plans included some strategy with the joists in the rear to get 13’ clearance in the rear, but hoped to not push the lift too far toward center as truck needs to pull past it. On opposite side.
Some details on cars/lift dimensions…
Inches Feet
Holden L 196.0 16.3
W 75.0 6.3
H 58.0 4.8
Raptor L 220.6 18.4
W 86.3 7.2
H 78.5 6.5
W (w mirrors) 97.0 8.1
Escape L 178.0 14.8
W 72.0 6.0
H 66.0 5.5
Fastback L 181.6 15.1
W 68.2 5.7
H 51.2 4.3
4 post lift L 224.0 18.7
W 110.3 9.2
H 88.0 7.3
Raptor & Holden 34.7
Raptor & Mustang 33.5
Escape & Holden 31.2
Escape & Mustang 30.0
Raptor & Lift 37.1
Escape & lift 33.5
Excuse the excel spreadsheet designs ha
