Shop design 24x40.

[Alaska_guy]

I am planning on building a detached garage/shop.

Plan is 24x40 with a single 12x12 overhead door. 14 tall walls. I plan to have septic,and water. A small bathroom with toilet sink and shower. I don't have enough land to go wider than 24. I really wanted 30'. Looking for suggestions. Mainly going to be my office space as I work from home. Then the shop area would have a single 2 post lift for cars/suvs. First area is 24x10 and the shop area would be roughly 24x30.

Below is the design...

 

[ddurrett896]

on a 24' wall with two cars parked, I'd go with an 18' wide garage door instead of the 12'.

 

[jasondavidmann]

You can look at my build thread for my 20x40x12, I also am planning an office area in the back.

I think you will run into trouble with the lift placement and the overhead door. Also might be tough to line up your vehicle if you aren't in line with the door. My lift is in the middle of the 20w, but only plan for one vehicle in the center.

 

[nvrenufrm]

I'd consider leaving an area for at least a small Hot water tank..unless you are going with a tankless.

 

[CraigStu]

on a 24' wall with two cars parked, I'd go with an 18' wide garage door instead of the 12'.

I agree. Since it is only 24 wide, spend a lot of time working on the lift placement. I like a minimum of 2 feet clearance to the side wall but you also want to be able to get a car in the other bay.

 

[Alaska_guy]

Thanks for the recommendation. 18' wide door it is.

 

[Alaska_guy]

70k for this size shop seem reasonable?

 

[Jeff Ivers]

Consider designing your bathroom so that all plumbing is on interior walls.

 

[Alaska_guy]

Great idea! I wouldn't have thought of that.

 

[CraigStu]

Jeff, that is a brilliant suggestion. We had our retirement home built 3 yrs ago and I made sure we did exactly that and we are in southern Virginia. I am embarrassed I didn't think to mention it to a guy in Alaska.

 

[CombatNinja]

I'd rather the plumbing on interior walls as mentioned (I would also add a utility sink on the shop side sharing the same feed lines) and the bathroom accessible from both the shop (without going into the office) and the office. I also don't like the exterior door right next to the bathroom for some reason. Also, if you are going to have two windows on that back wall as it is, consider adding one with frosted glass to the bathroom. It works miracles for making it feel less claustrophobic and cheerier. Nothing more depressing than a shop bathroom with no natural light in it. Finally, if it were me, I'd make that office probably 8' deep and give those 2' back to the shop, but you know your requirements better than I do.

 

[Alaska_guy]

Well, I ended up moving the electrical and now the gas line is too close... I don't feel like paying relocate for gas as well... So I could go with a 20x40 shop now but that really turns it into a single tandem garage after that. Rethinking what I want to do. If I do go 20x40 I am pretty sure I am not going to have water and septic. Shop will only be 20' from my main garage with water and could always go to bathroom in house.

 

[u2slow]

My shop is 20x38ish. I did a single OH door (offset) and parks 2 vehicles double deep. I did rough-in for water and toilet, but the lack of floor space (bylaw limited) will push the washroom to the mezzanine if it gets developed.

 

[finn]

My shop is 20x38ish. I did a single OH door (offset) and parks 2 vehicles double deep. I did rough-in for water and toilet, but the lack of floor space (bylaw limited) will push the washroom to the mezzanine if it gets developed.

That’s a good idea if you’re footprint limited, ie move the office and bathroom off the main floor.

 

[Chumly]

You can look at my build thread for my 20x40x12, I also am planning an office area in the back.

I think you will run into trouble with the lift placement and the overhead door. Also might be tough to line up your vehicle if you aren't in line with the door. My lift is in the middle of the 20w, but only plan for one vehicle in the center.

I was watching that as I'm continually planning my own out, and wondered if it's just bad to have a car up on a lift and another car under it. It's asking for trouble but if you're on the locks, what could possibly go wrong? Wouldn't a door aimed to one side more than the other at least allow for storage? It's Alaska! That could also negate the 18' door I'd do here in SoCal and stick with the 12' and have all the stuff to the side left for activities. Shop bench, engine stand, cherry picker...activities!

[Edit]I'm looking at these threads on shop plans based on my own 20' wide restrictions due to not wanting to lose access to the state fire teams that set up camp right where I want to build. I'd love the office along the side as the entrance to the shop instead of walking through chaos to get to it. That's my own problems though; It's width confining and it must be in the back in both of our cases.

 

[CraigStu]

I worked in a shop for 10 years that had 4 doors but 8 lifts. After the first 2 days on the job driving under another car was routine. Leave one hanging on a lift overnight? Did it all the time. We had Rotary asymmetric lifts.

 

[u2slow]

Depending on your vehicles (mine are 6' tall minimum) 'stacking' isnt a possibility unless i was willing to buy/find an extra high lift; and that's tough in a 2-post.