New Garage ...How Big?
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special_ed
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Dude, just build it within inches of each border of your property line, there that should big enough for anything you want to put in it. Oh, and don't forget to tell your buddies that you don't think you'll have room for any of their toys.
I agree with as big as you can. I had a pole shed built 2 years ago that is 32x48 and I wish it it was bigger. Also, go as high as you can with the sidewalls. I only put 10' sidewalls on mine as I wanted to keep it looking sort of suburban and not so out of place, and I had nothing taller than 9' to go in there. Well, last fall we bought a different camper that is 9'6" so I can't get it in the door. Bummer!
polarisrider1
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HUGH!!! or bigger. You will fill it over time. Find out what you are allowed and take it to the limit. Make it tall to. My barn has 12.5 side walls and I need 14.5 to fit my boat in it. To bad, so sad for me. Now I pay $2500 a winter to store my boat inside heated storage elsewhere. 2 yrs. of storage could of bought a lot of height. And a 30' travel trailer needs 36' of barn to fit in not 32' like I have done. Now the barn is 24x56' long after an addition, but the height I can't cost effectively do much now. Also pu a door on the back if you can do a drive thru. That is so nice to have instead of backing into the building. So what I am saying is, "Plan for toys you don't own yet and plan big".
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You will never regret going bigger. It is surprising how fast you can fill a shed up.
favoritos
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There is a theme here. Bigger is better. I would have to agree. Plus, having less yard to work on will give you more time to tinker in the garage. We have never been able to put the "advertised" number of cars into our garage. They fill up fast with tools and barely leave room to work.
yamahauler
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dad just built 56x28. 3-10ft wide doors and one service door. One garage doors leads to heated portion of garage other is cold storage. Looking at what he has...I don't think I would go much smaller if you have a lot of things to store. He spent about $16K with cement poured.
snow_monkey
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My attached garage was built 28x36 deep. At the back is a 16ft long by 4ft deep workbench. You can never have enough space.
Love this one!!! My advice. LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A SHOOTING RANGE.WIDE ENOUGH TO SHOOT PAST ALL OF THE TOYS!!!!!! I have to live with a 24x28 and it sucks. My friend made one that fit all of his toys in cold storage and another part that was big enough to work on winter activities. His was 1.5 deep and 5 stall wide. A large double door for the cars, a wide single for the boat, and you entered the shop part from the cold storage part. Smart move as he could heat what he needed to for next to nothing. The 1.5 deep was important. It allowed you to store across the front, or drive farther into the garage and get out of the shop without going/moving things outside.
yamahauler
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If you are going to heat a portion, spend the money on going bigger and then finish off the heating part of it next year when more saved...you will be much happier
thunderstruck88
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I don't think there is a garage made big enough for any guy out there . You can build it as big you think you want it then all of a sudden it gets too small. I would say build it one or two sizes bigger then you want and hopefully you will have all the room you want and rule of thumb after you get it built and loaded up with stuff if you have not used it in a year no matter what get rid of it sell it to American Pickers lol I love that show but not as much as Deadliest Catch take care and happy building !!!!!!
Rupp Collector
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Got the 36 x 48 X 12 with the house when we purchased. A few years went by and needed more than the two stall attached and the 36 x48, so we built a 40 x 60 x 16. That thing was big. Now we find ourselves developing a plan for a 24 x 40 loft on one end as we've run out of floor space? Build as big as you can afford, or at least design for ease of future expansion.
Last year I added on to my attached garage. It is now 26 deep and 30 wide. (was 26' deep by 18' wide.) Cost a small fortune to go attached, but went ahead with it. Last Dec, I replaced the engine in a '01 BMW 740iL (big car) and had enough room to have the cherry picker in ft of the car, door closed behind. (there's no work bench in front of that area yet. I'd go no less deep than 26' Also with work bench in place my chev ext cab shortbed is a snug enough fit, (I can open the tailgate with door closed and then just enough room to walk around the ft and back (sideways) Full 4 doors are really popular now and that'd be plenty tight. I have an 18' door with 6' on each side. That works out well, just wish I had more room property wise to go wider. Another 10-12' for a 3 car with room on the side would've been the real ticket, but not possible. 9' ceilings are nice too, can get shelving up high and out of the way. It really is sweet to have extra space to the sides for sleds, mower, bench, etc. You see tons of newer houses with 16' door and maybe 1foot to each side of the door, seems like such a waste of garage to me, but it all costs $$$$ and some dont do anything in garage other than park small cars so each to his own.
By the way, its not fully finished yet and I'm entirely certain that I've outgrown it already, still shuttling off season stuff to Dads shed to free up my space--something I was really hoping to get away from! Guess its time to start saving up for the detached pole shed now?!
By the way, its not fully finished yet and I'm entirely certain that I've outgrown it already, still shuttling off season stuff to Dads shed to free up my space--something I was really hoping to get away from! Guess its time to start saving up for the detached pole shed now?!
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Built a new shed three years ago. 40 by 72 by 16 sidewalls. Need more room now. You will accumulate stuff. Don't even think about renting out space for other people's stuff.