Pic Request: Garages 16' wide or less.

[Andx0r]

Hi everyone!

So, last year I bought a house on a good-sized but somewhat oddly shaped inner-city lot, and 2020's goal is to have my first garage built on it!

I'm going to end up with a narrow and long garage, thanks to three factors:

1. My aforementioned oddly-shaped lot. House faces north-south but my lot tapers down from east to west.
2. Local codes restricting height and square footage of garages.
3. Me not being willing to give up *too much* of the green space in my backyard.

So, what I'm going to end up with is something like a 16x34 or 16x36x8, with a single 10x7 overhead, stickbuilt with a gable roof. I don't plan on storing more than one car in it (maybe two end-to-end in a pinch) and the extra length will be for tools, shop stuff, and the usual detritus a garage gathers.

So, guys with narrow garages, post your pics and link me to your threads! Thanks!

 

[jon72vega]

Here's a picture of my 16 x 24.
The link to my build and many more pictures is in my signature.

 

[joey1320]

You could benefit by searching for shipping container garages/shops.

 

[Denwood]

From my build thread, 16x24

October 2014:

A sneak peak 5 months forward showing the shop at February 2015.

November 2015:

 

[joey1320]

From my build thread, 16x24

October 2014:

A sneak peak 5 months forward showing the shop at February 2015.

November 2015:

Wow!!!

 

[Denwood]

Joey, thanks. I should take a pic before and after of the current mess in there and the 3 hours or so likely required to get things back organised

 

[Adam12367]

Here is my little garage. A little wider than 16' , but much shallower than 36'

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410079

 

[Denwood]

Given the 34 feet depth, you can keep the first 20-22 feet free of any tools (just shallow storage on the side walls) and set the back section up as a shop. That's what I would do.

I'd also just design in a ridge beam (so no truss ties across) for 16-20 ft of the front section and do the back section with loft storage. My guess is that you have gable height restriction at 17ft or so. Use every inch of that to take advantage of loft storage.

Having a raised ridge beam ceiling section makes a huge difference in the perception of space and will let you do a hoist later if you want.

My shop started off with a gable roof and truss ties restricting me to 8ft of height. A ridge beam is simple to do, and eliminates the truss ties. It was only about $600 for the gluelam beams. One of them (to take the ridge beam load to the walls) can serve as your garage door header if sized correctly.

If you do this design from the get go, this beam is your door header. Spray foam was applied directly to the roof deck and then dry walled over...so no need for soffit vents.

 

[Andx0r]

Whoa! Impressive build, Denwood! I'll read your thread when I get home from work tonight. Yours too, Adam and Jon.

I've got a height limit of 15' at the top of the gable. I don't know about ever having a lift at this particular house, but you never know so I'll keep the truss/beam stuff in mind!

 

[Denwood]

Thanks And. Doing another build, I'd definitely go with the ridge beam design as it not only gives you added height, but in a smaller shop dramatically increases the sense of space as well. Garages here are limited to 17' or so to the peak unless you can sort a variance.