20x30 Garage Reno (2 lifts)

[Thaco]

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At may last house, I had a 30ft deep x 50ft wide garage (barn). The 30ft depth was amazing for a full sized truck.
With that said, I think you'd be happy with 25ft deep and 40ft wide, to keep it at 1,000sqft.

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[zechs]

Minimum 24' depth or it will be cramped. If you do a lot in the garage, I'd increase that to 26' to get the extra room in front of the car for engine bay projects.

Even just parking, a midsize car is easily 16' long. You'd want 3' of space front and back just to get around it in winter without smearing your coat on the dirt, let alone doing any actual work.

Garage is looking sick, color me jealous.

[pheoxs]

24 I think is the sweet spot for depth. I’d rather have width after that unless you can go extra deep for a shop space up front. Like 32 or 34 deep.

with 24 you have space for a vehicle, room in front of the hood, and bench space. Anything more and you just end up with more empty space between the vehicle and the truck.

but an extra 3-4 feet of width makes for a nice full wall storage of tools and parts.

[Thaco]

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24 I think is the sweet spot for depth. I’d rather have width after that unless you can go extra deep for a shop space up front. Like 32 or 34 deep.

with 24 you have space for a vehicle, room in front of the hood, and bench space. Anything more and you just end up with more empty space between the vehicle and the truck.

but an extra 3-4 feet of width makes for a nice full wall storage of tools and parts.

yeah i could go as deep as i wanted realistically my back yard is over 100ft long, but it'd go along my back fence line, so i think i'd rather have it be wider and shorter just to keep from totally chopping up the back yard, i could even just not have stuff along the back wall and use the offset on the side for that

[Ekliptix]

I found the extra depth (30ft) let me walk around the front and back so easily. Open the tailgate, etc. And still have a workbench at the back of the garage.

[arcticcat522]

I would say minimum depth is 26' if I had to do it again, it would be 28. The one I just did is 27 deep and the extra foot would have been ideal. With that said, I have storage/fridge in front of the wife SUV and it's adequate. If she had the XL SUV, it would be tight.

[benyl]

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You find the 30x20 cramped?

I ended up with 24w X 25L. I couldn't fit a triple without literally starting from scratch. The 25' depth is the best thing I've ever done. We had 33 x 22 in the house in Aspen and I fount it cramped. The temp house was 20 x 20. Holy fuck, I almost died. haha

[90_Shelby]

Pro Tip, back into your garage for normal everyday parking. You can then leave the front bumper very close to the garage door which enables maximum space at the back for access to your trunk/hatch, work bench, bike storage etc.

I painted a line on the floor that I can see from the rearview camera to reference where to stop. This is extra handy when your man door is also at the back of the garage.

My garage is 24' deep and there is tons of room at the back of the garage for working and storage when parking as far forward as possible.

[arcticcat522]

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Currently in a 28x19

Just extending the current garage an extra 8ft seems like a real soultion. If you have enough room for 27 deep. I suppose depends on how the trusses are too. The first thing I said when mine was done, is "shit, wish I went 28x28" and wish I had an 18' door rather than 16.

[88CRX]

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wish I had an 18' door rather than 16.

18' double and 9' single o/h doors are primo. I think it was @benyl who posted about that when we were building, its awesome.

[JfuckinC]

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Just extending the current garage an extra 8ft seems like a real soultion. If you have enough room for 27 deep. I suppose depends on how the trusses are too. The first thing I said when mine was done, is "shit, wish I went 28x28" and wish I had an 18' door rather than 16.

18' door is also really nice, especially for pulling a truck in beside something nice haha... mine was 26' deep x 28' wide with an 18' door and it was pretty ideal, i actually woulda liked a couple feet more width over depth.. but id do 26' minimum depth.

[killramos]

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Just extending the current garage an extra 8ft seems like a real soultion. If you have enough room for 27 deep. I suppose depends on how the trusses are too. The first thing I said when mine was done, is "shit, wish I went 28x28" and wish I had an 18' door rather than 16.

I don’t know what the relative costs of extending versus redoing are. I’m going to need to talk to someone on my options.

I’ve even thought of keeping part of the garage 19’ deep and only extending part of it.

There is also a consideration of extending the garage backward all the way to connect to the house. But I worry I am going to run into lot coverage issues with that. Need to do some Marth and, again, talk to someone about my options.

[benyl]

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18' double and 9' single o/h doors are primo. I think it was @benyl who posted about that when we were building, its awesome.

Yep, only way to go.

I went 18'x9' on the latest door. I would only recommend it if you have at least 11-12' of height in the garage. I have 10' because the city didn't like the "massing" of the front of our house and it requires a double track. doesn't run as smooth as I would like.

[Thaco]

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Yep, only way to go.

I went 18'x9' on the latest door. I would only recommend it if you have at least 11-12' of height in the garage. I have 10' because the city didn't like the "massing" of the front of our house and it requires a double track. doesn't run as smooth as I would like.

on the topic of height, what's a good height to have a lift in? (i guess the minimum reasonable) i think we're allowed an 18ft high building.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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on the topic of height, what's a good height to have a lift in? (i guess the minimum reasonable) i think we're allowed an 18ft high building.

Guideline is that the ceiling needs to be min min min 10'-0" to have a lift that you can park under.
It's theoretically possible to be a C-hair lower than that, but certainly not if you're lifting a truck.

[schurchill39]

I would say 26' would be minimum depth for sure. My last garage was 26' deep and I fit my truck with a tool box in front of it and still had room to work in front. My current garage is 30x21 and its trash. I can work on the wife's car but not my truck unless its hanging out in the drive way.

[Ekliptix]

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on the topic of height, what's a good height to have a lift in? (i guess the minimum reasonable) i think we're allowed an 18ft high building.

It all depends on your vehicle height. 2 lambos vs 2 trucks required different ceiling height.
Combine the height of your car(s), add about 4" for the lift platform, and a few inches for clearance from the ceiling. You're all set.

[arcticcat522]

I think in calgary, 10' to eves and 15' to peak is the max without any relaxation of bylaws. I'm hopefully going to fit a lift in a few years.....

[pheoxs]

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I think in calgary, 10' to eves and 15' to peak is the max without any relaxation of bylaws. I'm hopefully going to fit a lift in a few years.....

9’10” for the height to the eves. 15’ for the peak.

kinda dumb they won’t let you do 10’ walls, not sure how picky they are though

[arcticcat522]

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9’10” for the height to the eves. 15’ for the peak.

kinda dumb they won’t let you do 10’ walls, not sure how picky they are though

I think I'm 10', don't tell anyone...