Side load garage driveway help

[mwv247]

Gents, Im looking to build a home that has a wide footprint. Ive seen online that 30+ feet is the preferred width for a side load garage driveway. Does anyone here have experience with anything less than 27 feet?

Would be great is someone had some photos of their under 30ft side load driveway...

 

[Matt M PA]

My detached isn't much wider on the apron to pull in. If memory serves my setback was something like 25-30 feet.

It's a 3 car garage. The first bay as I drive up to the building is where the RT/10 parks and I can pull in without backing up. Then center bay most often has my daily driver and I need back up once before pulling the SHO in. The last bay usually holds the Excursion and I need to maneuver a bit before pulling in as I can't drive much past the third door due to the driveway ending. With a bit of extra driveway, it would be easier.

 

[casmurbax]

I have 22.5 feet.






It's tough but doable to back in 2014 traverse into the 2nd bay. I also backed in 2001 expedition. It's tough especially since there is a chain link fence opposite that door on the property line.

My friend was able to back his 2012(not sure) chevy 1500 extended cab with 6ft bed into it as well, with lots of back and forth getting it straight.

 

[Ing3018]

I found that 30' works well enough for my situation. A 32' apron would have been perfect, as we sometimes drive off the edge when backing out of the garage.
I looked up standards and also did some trials by setting up cones in a parking lot to settle on my layout. My goal was to be able to back out and then depart the driveway moving forward.
If you want to be able to back out of the garage and not go off the pavement, you will need to pave past the far side of your garage door. I plan to build my detached garage / shop with its face 90 degrees to the attached garage, so the extra paving is part of the master plan.
Suggest you try a few tests in a parking lot to get a feel for what will work for you. Set up something that represents your garage door width. Can you pave right to the property line, as shown on your sketch?

 

[the GOAT]

 

[maxpower_hd]

I don't have any pics but mine is a 2 car with a single 16' overhead door. And mine is much less than 20'. It's more like 14-15' if I had to guess without measuring. It can be a little tricky to get a car in. If it is a large one like my GMC extended cab it takes an extra pull up to get it in and I'm usually better off backing in. It would never work if I had double doors or any lally columns.

I really had no choice because of the small size of my lot. My whole lot is only 50' wide. I'm 8' from one side of the property and the garage is 24' deep.

 

[964haus]

I'm on a 33'x110' lot with a single car garage that's 2' off property line to a 20' lane. You guys have sooooooo much space!

m.

 

[Lonnies Performance]

I have 30' & it is fine for a car, but my 2500HD crew cab pickup takes a second try to align it properly. Looking back, 5 extra feet would have been great.

 

[bczygan]

How much driveway do you need for a side entry garage?
Side-Entry Garage. A driveway designed for access to a side-entry garage should allow enough room to easily move your vehicles in and out of the garage. We recommend a minimum distance of 30 feet from the garage door to the edge of the pavement, and a distance of 35 feet or more is ideal.

And I like a "T" at the end, so you can back out of the garage and go forwards down the drive.

Bill

 

[mwv247]

After dealing with the drainage easement Im next to Im leaning more towards a rear load garage now. I think that will solve my problems

 

[finn]

What works fine on my wife’s Jeep is a bit of an issue with the F350 crew cab dually.

 

[Fish-man]

26ft from door out to edge of concrete. Occasionally drop a tire off when backing out. Its a good thing we don't have a wall right there. Also glad there is room for snow

 

[Bruce 993 SEA]

I have 25 feet to the edge of the concrete.

The cars can turn in and come out with out any problem. The '14 Silverado Double Cab can get out by backing to almost dropping a wheel off the edge. Going in, I have to pull up and back up to get in. Cannot do it in one smooth shot like the cars can.

If I had it to do over, I would think about adding a couple of feet. However, I do like the way the driveway works with the landscaping.

Cheers!

 

[Lucky13driver]

I have 25' and have a 6' tall fence on the property line.i can get a Tahoe in with no problem. One thing to consider is an oversized garage door instead of 16' we went with an 18' wide one one door a 9' on the third car which is were I keep my 55 chevy truck.

 

[Strouty]

I stopped in to help keep the garage from tipping over, this is no fun....

 

[CombatNinja]

Sounds like you are leaning toward a rear load, which will solve one problem but create others. Are you changing the configuration of the garage from the picture you posted? Because a rear load on what you have pictured that would obviously mean you have a tandem, which comes with its own set of headaches. Second, a rear load in your scenario will mean a much bigger driveway and that means more $.

If you have 27', that is plenty for any vehicle save modern crew cab pickups and up. You live in SC, so no worries about snow piles shrinking down your driveway for 4 months out of the year.

 

[nvd]

see pic, the red line that's 60' and people still drive on the grass. lol especially when pulling up, backing up a trailer etc.