KCarGuy
Well-known member
There will come a time, in every Garage Lovers Lifetime where he/she will be needing more room than he/she has.
And they will look at the garage that they have and will need to make a decision on if it is better to Add onto the existing Garage or Tear it completely down or even build a new Garage in a different spot.
Of course lot size, budget, attached or detached and layout have a lot to do with what you decide.
When I bought my house years ago, I took all that into consideration.
Most of the houses in this area, have attached garages, with short driveways and no room next to the house of even behind the garage (due to a Backroom layout).
The house I setted on was a "L" shaped Raised Ranch style house with a Long Driveway.
But once you got to the end of the driveway, you had to turn right into the Detached 1 and a Half Car Garage.
So it Sat sideways behind the house.
I had a Small yard between the House and the Garage, but past the Garage to the rear of my Property was nothing but Bushes, Evergreens, a Wood shed, but nothing that you would use for your Family Yard.
So...what we wound up doing was tear down the wood shed (found lots of wierd items in there) cut down trees, bushes, move rocks, Boulders, add a wood fence...Build a Brand new 25'x30' garage straight back as far as I was able to go. And tear down the old Garage, bust up the Concrete, haul that away, bring in Fresh dirt, reseed grass and build a deck and dug a pond.
What I have now is completely different than what I started with.
Even the way the garage is Built is way better, the old one has plywood only at each corner and used a Foam/Fiber board for the rest. (may have been the practice back then)
Its also easier to pull in and out of the Garage, as well as a Bigger Garage.
And I have a bigger, more user friendly back yard.
It was only me and a friend that built the Garage, and I tore the Old Garage down by myself, busted up the concrete myself, and my wife and I built the deck and did the pond. Lots of work that makes ya sit back, enjoy life and smile when your all done.
I only thought of this because I found these old photos of it in the process of being done...
Love to see and hear of what was your decision and why!
And they will look at the garage that they have and will need to make a decision on if it is better to Add onto the existing Garage or Tear it completely down or even build a new Garage in a different spot.
Of course lot size, budget, attached or detached and layout have a lot to do with what you decide.
When I bought my house years ago, I took all that into consideration.
Most of the houses in this area, have attached garages, with short driveways and no room next to the house of even behind the garage (due to a Backroom layout).
The house I setted on was a "L" shaped Raised Ranch style house with a Long Driveway.
But once you got to the end of the driveway, you had to turn right into the Detached 1 and a Half Car Garage.
So it Sat sideways behind the house.
I had a Small yard between the House and the Garage, but past the Garage to the rear of my Property was nothing but Bushes, Evergreens, a Wood shed, but nothing that you would use for your Family Yard.
So...what we wound up doing was tear down the wood shed (found lots of wierd items in there) cut down trees, bushes, move rocks, Boulders, add a wood fence...Build a Brand new 25'x30' garage straight back as far as I was able to go. And tear down the old Garage, bust up the Concrete, haul that away, bring in Fresh dirt, reseed grass and build a deck and dug a pond.
What I have now is completely different than what I started with.
Even the way the garage is Built is way better, the old one has plywood only at each corner and used a Foam/Fiber board for the rest. (may have been the practice back then)
Its also easier to pull in and out of the Garage, as well as a Bigger Garage.
And I have a bigger, more user friendly back yard.
It was only me and a friend that built the Garage, and I tore the Old Garage down by myself, busted up the concrete myself, and my wife and I built the deck and did the pond. Lots of work that makes ya sit back, enjoy life and smile when your all done.
I only thought of this because I found these old photos of it in the process of being done...
Love to see and hear of what was your decision and why!
