where are the 20x20 garages at?

[bowlofturtle]

looking at all these pictures of these wonderful huge garages makes me want to do something with mines. sadly one thing that plays a big role is lack of space. all i have is a 20x20 garage. its a separated type, brick walls, wooden door, nasty looking cylinder glass block style windows.

I was wondering if anyone had similiar setups to give me ideas of what i can do to clean it up and etc, i want to put a couple of storage racks but i dont think have enough room. 2 cars are parked regularly, i have my 26in c-man box and newly bought 26gal compressor right in the center, i have a ped board on one side and a more junk and a bicyle of the oppsite side.I have about 7 rims/tires stacked high and other auto parts. Its already cramped.

I'm big DIY car guy, my parents are getting me to slowly become a small DIY home repair guy as well.

so lets see pictures!!!!!

 

[PurdueSD]

no pictures of something your size, but post up some pics of what youve got and I'd be glad to give you some ideas...

 

[firebird 97]

No pics but I have a 20x20 like you do and have been thinking of ways to make it more user friendly for me. Once I get back to the states I am planning to build cabinets on one wall planning to build floor to the bottom of garage door track cabinents to hide a lot of junk from in the house and from in the garage. On the other wall I plan to build at least 2 more floor to bottom of garage track cabinets. Then a few wall cabinets for above my work bench area. I figure I will loss about 36 inch's from the wide part of my garage but for the car that I keep in there it will be no problem and if I need to put another one inside I should still be able to since I just did it before leaving to come were I am at and had lots of room left over.

 

[Cebby]

Here's some others of a similar size:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14670

 

[bowlofturtle]

i'll snap a couple of pictures.. at the time the garage has a lot of things that can be moved into the basement. I do ideally want a workbench of some sort and a large 4-6 shelf unit on the sides so i can put up my random junk.

I also have a lawnmower in the garage as well. i've been looking at ideas of a smalll shed to put in the backyard, for the bike, lawnmower and the gardening stuff my parents have.

 

[rickairmedic]

I will have to get some recent pics up . I can tell you one thing put your workbench on the side of the garage 20 feet I learned the hard way is not deep enough to put a bench at the end and still get a larger vehicle in . My garage is almost 21 feet deep My 63 ford unibody long bed is 18 feet long . I am in the process of moving all the lower cabinets/ workbench to the side wall so I can get around the truck when I move it back in this winter.

Rick

 

[bowlofturtle]

well i dont plan on have LARGE vehicles, aleast at the moment. I have a 96 camry, 94 camry, 98 maxima and soon to be 04 infiniti g35 sedan. I do have to get plans for a wagon type car or a small pick up, hardbody, frontier, ranger to pick up house stuff, wood , bricks random stuff.

with my maxima right now, i can pull in, in front of my tool box and have 6 inches in front and maybe a little over a foot in the back. I didn't get an exact measurement but its very close to 20x20.

 

[rickairmedic]

well i dont plan on have LARGE vehicles, aleast at the moment. I have a 96 camry, 94 camry, 98 maxima and soon to be 04 infiniti g35 sedan. I do have to get plans for a wagon type car or a small pick up, hardbody, frontier, ranger to pick up house stuff, wood , bricks random stuff.

with my maxima right now, i can pull in, in front of my tool box and have 6 inches in front and maybe a little over a foot in the back. I didn't get an exact measurement but its very close to 20x20.

Ok now try to get a wrench out of the back of the drawer on the toolbox .


Rick

 

[bowlofturtle]

Ok now try to get a wrench out of the back of the drawer on the toolbox .


Rick

yea thats about the only negative thing. But i'm going to be moving things around. i do plan on keeping it at that same wall just putting it offset so i dont hit my bumper all day long trying to get stuff out.

I still have to evaluate what goes into the basement, what can be trashed and if should i get a shed which makes it easier to steal from.

 

[Steve1968LS2]

Here's mine.. it's 21x22...

 

[slghmmr88]

Here's mine.. it's 21x22...

Glad to see your back, whats up at PHR?