Tandem garage separation

[jasong70]

I'm thinking of extending my current garage into a longer tandem garage. I'm on a lot that doesn't allow me to build wider. The purpose of the longer garage is to have a space to work on my motorcycles and cars. My garage is 15 wide (interior) by 22 deep so it's a decent width. I'd go another 20 feet for a total of 15x42.

I'd like to have the ability to separate the workshop side in the winter so I can partially heat it. I plan on having a garage door in the backyard too. Would a garage door in the middle of the garage make sense? So in total I'd have 3 garage doors. I do park one car in the garage at all times.

Thoughts?

 

[Daniel Dudley]

Why not ?

 

[Mikea57]

Sounds like a plan. Would it be a full pull through from one end to the other or would you place the new door on one of the sides (presuming that your current door is on a 15' end)?

 

[harleycontracter]

Yup..... Know a few guys with that set up Works well I have a 58' long garage all opened . It's finished and insulated and no issues to heat

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

A door in the side would delnately be nice

 

[kbs2244]

Or simply heavy curtains.
Heavy meaning anything from shower curtains to rugs.

 

[NUTTSGT]

The only problem with having a conventional O/H door on the inside is when it's open, it'll block the lights if they are not properly placed. One thing to consider is to have two sliding doors but the problem with that is if you have anything hanging on the walls. One way to get around that is to make them large pocket doors but that still takes up some floor space.

 

[nehog]

Two ideas:

1. A roll door which won't block the interior as much, or

2. A heavy duty plastic roll up divider. (I'm talking the stuff good fabric structures are made from.)

I did #2 for the ends of my carport and it works reasonably well.

 

[Sureshot]

Or swinging doors that swing out into the parking spot. Build them beefy and/or rollers on the bottom and your storage/shelves on the doors would still be usefull.

 

[LLundstedt]

The tracks on the interior roll up door may cause some height restrictions.

 

[jasong70]

...so the doors would be in either end, on the 15' ends, with a door in the middle separating the garage into 2 areas. I can then pull through right into the backyard if needed. The backyard garage door is really more to let light in and have it open when I'm working in there...

The existing garage is already insulated, but not heated. The new addition would be heated so i can work on my motorcycles in the winter. The middle door will keep all the heat from being lost when i use the daily side of the garage for parking. I'm thinking of the folding door idea. I thought of the roll up door, and they're nice space savers.

Another detail is that I'd like a man door in the middle garage door. I want to make the inside garage door as wide as possible, 14 feet if possible. I was looking at the walktru site and that seems interesting. Again the man door is to prevent too much heat loss and its easier to use a regular door than open the big door constantly.

 

[Playwme]

2 bifolds running to either side. Each door will only be 3.5 feet so they won't take up much wall space. Other benefits are that you can do them any height you want and have a track on the roof to support the wieght. You can also then just use one door to access the front part of the garage without opening the whole thing and letting all your heat out.

 

[jasong70]

Thats a good idea. I like it because I won't need all the "structure" to support the door frame and tracks.

Any leads on some quality hardware for this? I guess I could weld up the door in metal and skin them with anything....

thanks for the idea...

2 bifolds running to either side. Each door will only be 3.5 feet so they won't take up much wall space. Other benefits are that you can do them any height you want and have a track on the roof to support the wieght. You can also then just use one door to access the front part of the garage without opening the whole thing and letting all your heat out.