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What brand Sim?
I have been using a mates one - huuuuge outlay $$ but has real Tilton pedal boxes and real billet V8 supercar shifter and sway bar adjusters..... as well as 6 way motion etc. Very high end bit of gear....
What brand Sim?
I have been using a mates one - huuuuge outlay $$ but has real Tilton pedal boxes and real billet V8 supercar shifter and sway bar adjusters..... as well as 6 way motion etc. Very high end bit of gear....
Fanatec DD2 is the wheel base. It’s so hard to find this stuff as mostly out of stock even on company website. I found one in Ireland and had it shipped to USA at a bit of a premium
occasionally some work gets done. prepping 356 for sale. and yes it drips, but those are a collection of drips from the various offenders, one of which is shown in the background.
occasionally some work gets done. prepping 356 for sale. and yes it drips, but those are a collection of drips from the various offenders, one of which is shown in the background.
I can smell that car and it makes me smile so much.
I am looking at having a detached garage built on my lot soon. Given the shape and size of the lot where I'll be trying to build the garage, I think 20' deep x 40' wide and 10' tall is going to be the most realistic size that'll work best.
However, I am also considering trying to squeeze more space out of it and go with 20' x 50' instead of the 20' x 40' or completely going with a more square shaped size like 30' deep x 35' wide.
With the 40' or 50' wide garage, I can realistically probably fit 4 cars in there without it being overly tight. I figure with a 10' tall ceiling, with the cars I own, I should be able to get a single or 4 post lift in there if I really wanted to fit more cars in there.
With the square 30 x 35' garage, maybe I can fit 5-8 cars in there on the ground, but I'd probably be left with absolutely zero room left for anything else. This is probably not ideal, because it'll end up being a chore moving cars around if I wanted to get to a specific car.
Aside from the fact that there is never enough space and go to as big as possible. Does anyone have experiences with garages in one of these dimensions and wish they had gone just slightly bigger or a certain shape that would have ended up overall making the space better/easier to use and store cars in?
I am looking at having a detached garage built on my lot soon. Given the shape and size of the lot where I'll be trying to build the garage, I think 20' deep x 40' wide and 10' tall is going to be the most realistic size that'll work best.
However, I am also considering trying to squeeze more space out of it and go with 20' x 50' instead of the 20' x 40' or completely going with a more square shaped size like 30' deep x 35' wide.
With the 40' or 50' wide garage, I can realistically probably fit 4 cars in there without it being overly tight. I figure with a 10' tall ceiling, with the cars I own, I should be able to get a single or 4 post lift in there if I really wanted to fit more cars in there.
With the square 30 x 35' garage, maybe I can fit 5-8 cars in there on the ground, but I'd probably be left with absolutely zero room left for anything else. This is probably not ideal, because it'll end up being a chore moving cars around if I wanted to get to a specific car.
Aside from the fact that there is never enough space and go to as big as possible. Does anyone have experiences with garages in one of these dimensions and wish they had gone just slightly bigger or a certain shape that would have ended up overall making the space better/easier to use and store cars in?
My detached is 22x50 and is plenty of room for me. I can comfortably open doors without worrying I'll hit another car, and there is enough room to walk around them. I don't have anything except cars in there though ...if I had cabinets or anything else, it wouldn't be deep enough.
My detached is 22x50 and is plenty of room for me. I can comfortably open doors without worrying I'll hit another car, and there is enough room to walk around them. I don't have anything except cars in there though ...if I had cabinets or anything else, it wouldn't be deep enough.
I am looking at having a detached garage built on my lot soon. Given the shape and size of the lot where I'll be trying to build the garage, I think 20' deep x 40' wide and 10' tall is going to be the most realistic size that'll work best.
However, I am also considering trying to squeeze more space out of it and go with 20' x 50' instead of the 20' x 40' or completely going with a more square shaped size like 30' deep x 35' wide.
With the 40' or 50' wide garage, I can realistically probably fit 4 cars in there without it being overly tight. I figure with a 10' tall ceiling, with the cars I own, I should be able to get a single or 4 post lift in there if I really wanted to fit more cars in there.
With the square 30 x 35' garage, maybe I can fit 5-8 cars in there on the ground, but I'd probably be left with absolutely zero room left for anything else. This is probably not ideal, because it'll end up being a chore moving cars around if I wanted to get to a specific car.
Aside from the fact that there is never enough space and go to as big as possible. Does anyone have experiences with garages in one of these dimensions and wish they had gone just slightly bigger or a certain shape that would have ended up overall making the space better/easier to use and store cars in?
Just my 2 cents — if you’re already breaking ground on a new building, I say scale up as much as you can. Unless you’re starting with already flat and clear land, a big chunk of $ will go into putting a shovel in the ground in the first place. Might as well get the footprint and ceiling height you will want 10 years from now. We’re building a detached garage now (23ft x 40ft for parking area) and have 12.5ft ceilings so we can fully lift cars up and out of the way. Why not?
Just going through this a couple of years ago (I did a 30 foot wide X 52' deep detached) which is just adjacent to our main 3.5 car garage.
Remember you will have drywall/insulation and cabinets - so plan accordingly. I made mine accordingly, as you will loose 6-8" on the walls with insulation, and I also lined my garage with 2' deep built in cabinets on most of side of my garage (and in the work area as well, but no cars up there). So effectively on the sides I loose ~3 foot. I also left 10-15 foot in the back of my garage for an extra/3rd garage door which I park my SXS there, and the other spot/bay I have a 10-15 foot of workshop and workbench space.
I also have a 4post lift and put my beams at 11'10" from the ground - after the thick rebar enforced concrete I have exactly 11' from the concrete to the barn beams (see pics above in my post a page or so ago) - I can raise my normal sports cars all the way to the top of the lift with about 8" to spare. Jeeps and trucks - I cannot. If I were doing that again - I would make that clearance 12-13 foot. For me that was unfortunate, as my actual ceiling is 22" and the beams are not structural just decoration (but built in - so cannot move them now.. darn it), so I could/should have went higher - as I do change the oil on my jeeps, LR's and Truck - I just can't put them up all the way due the cabs being to high.
I have a ton of room between the cars, and to both sides - thus giving me room to detail each, with doors wide open, etc. As I did not want them jammed in there, and have the ability to have cabinets, and not worry about door clearance, etc.
I can fit 2 deep on each side, and 1 extra under the lift + SXS. so 5 cars and a full size SXS (which I think is like 14 foot). I could put another lift in and have 6 total cars. Technically I could remove the work bench and fit 3 deep each side, but would have zero room for working area and the cars would be bumper to bumper with no walk around space (and no room for the SXS).
If I were doing it again, I would probably keep the width, as it is plenty wide enough at 30'. But would go 60-65 foot deep instead of 52', so I could put 6 cars (3 deep each bay without a lift) and still have room for a work area.
I am looking at having a detached garage built on my lot soon. Given the shape and size of the lot where I'll be trying to build the garage, I think 20' deep x 40' wide and 10' tall is going to be the most realistic size that'll work best.
However, I am also considering trying to squeeze more space out of it and go with 20' x 50' instead of the 20' x 40' or completely going with a more square shaped size like 30' deep x 35' wide.
With the 40' or 50' wide garage, I can realistically probably fit 4 cars in there without it being overly tight. I figure with a 10' tall ceiling, with the cars I own, I should be able to get a single or 4 post lift in there if I really wanted to fit more cars in there.
With the square 30 x 35' garage, maybe I can fit 5-8 cars in there on the ground, but I'd probably be left with absolutely zero room left for anything else. This is probably not ideal, because it'll end up being a chore moving cars around if I wanted to get to a specific car.
Aside from the fact that there is never enough space and go to as big as possible. Does anyone have experiences with garages in one of these dimensions and wish they had gone just slightly bigger or a certain shape that would have ended up overall making the space better/easier to use and store cars in?
Two things come to mind:
1. Taller is not expensive and gives not only clearance, it creates a great feeling of the building being larger. 10' is NOT tall enough and you will regret that forever!!!
2. Battery tender plugs in the floor improve the aesthetics by ridding you of al of those trip cords.
As you note: Bigger is always better for a garage, I'm a bit confused by your size choices. If you can go 20 x 40, 20 x 50 or 30 x 35, why can't you go 30 x 50?
20 ft deep leaves little room for cabinets and walking/working at both ends of the car.
Good luck with your project and keep us in the loop!
1. Taller is not expensive and gives not only clearance, it creates a great feeling of the building being larger. 10' is NOT tall enough and you will regret that forever!!!
2. Battery tender plugs in the floor improve the aesthetics by ridding you of al of those trip cords.
As you note: Bigger is always better for a garage, I'm a bit confused by your size choices. If you can go 20 x 40, 20 x 50 or 30 x 35, why can't you go 30 x 50?
20 ft deep leaves little room for cabinets and walking/working at both ends of the car.
Good luck with your project and keep us in the loop!
Agree with all of this, minus one thing.
Most (if not all states will not allow for floor plugs in a garage due to code) if you have water in the structure - and while it seems like a good idea at first (I was going to do this very thing) but as my builder pointed out - dirt, water, grime, oils, spills, clean up / sweeping are all a problem All my plugs in the main level of my garage are 36-40 inches above floor level due to water outlets in the garage. If I were to wash a car in the garage or spray out the floor with water - lower electric plugs or on the ground would be a no-go. All mine are GFI as well. In the upper loft, that is different code and they are standard 18" from the floor. (however you could go higher).
Appreciate all of the suggestions so far. The battery tender tip is a good idea. I'll probably put it in the ceiling instead, as someone else suggested.
I made some very rough sketches of the area that I want to put the garage in, so you guys can kind of see what I am kind of working with. The area that the garage is going on is on a slope/hill, which you can't really tell from the pictures. I want to put a deck on the roof, so that the space above the garage will be usable. I want to say from ground level to the neighbor's backyard directly behind me is about 18-20' or so tall. If I can get away with a taller interior ceiling height, I definitely will. However, I was being somewhat conservative at 10' interior height, because the beams/structure/etc, will be adding additional height to the overall building as well. I don't want to stand on the back deck and be able to see into the back neighbor's yard and I am sure they don't necessarily want to see me either.
As much as I would like to go as big as possible, I still don't want the building to be too dominate of a structure in the backyard and that is all you see. I plan on doing some landscaping around it with trees and such to help it blend in a bit more. I started out with building a 18' x 40' x 8' garage in a different area of the lot, so going to 20 x 40 (or 50) x 10' is already me upsizing.
I'll be using this garage more of a living space that has cars parked in it versus it being more of a garage for storage and working on cars, so I don't really plan on having cabinets in there. Of course, plans can always change later on down the road, but I want to stick to this goal, cause I only have so much space to build the garage. If I put a lift in the garage, it will be a single post lift to store cars above/under each other. I will be making a small parking spot to the left of the building that will be used for oversized vehicles, if I ever needed it, but I plan on using that open parking spot for Max Jax lifts or maybe a pop up paint booth, etc.
06-06-2022, 01:58 PM
