cbriggs Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm looking into building a garage at my house, mostly for my own crap (sleds, quads, hotrods etc) and a small amount of cash side work. Any suggestions on size, layout etc. from guys with a shop at home would be great. I have never had a garage or shop of my own. When I was young my dad had a 1 bay garage, and it was always so full of stuff we couldn't even use it... So based on that I definatly dont want to go to small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 One of my former coworkers built a 20x40 shop on his property. It has two roll up doors offset in each of the 20' walls to make two long stalls. There is a lift set 20' in, centered on one roll up door. There is an area ahead of the flat stall, 10x10 or so for storage, laid out with shelves - holds a lot of stock for routine maintenance. The next 10' or so is for paperwork. The last 20' is his flat stall. At the head of the lift stall is a regular entry door, sink, worktable and tools. The rest of the lift stall is open. I think he spent about $20K for the foundation and building. He appointed the interior and installed the lift himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I haven't built one but have a general layout in mind that you might find interesting. It would be in two segments, one heated and insulated, the other not, for storage. I love mezzanines so the perimeter of the shop would have a mezzanine built around it for upstairs storage, air compressor, etc. A buddy of mine in Florida has a 60x30 similar to what I'm talking about, it has a drive-on and a twin post lift, end-to-end: As for size, that will be dictated by your lot and local building codes. If I built one, it would have a 30x30 insulated workspace attached to a 2000+ft storage space with an insulated rollup door between them. I only need room for one work bay for my classic cars and don't do any side work. Another friend of mine has a home shop with radiant heat in the floor and loves it, but I hadn't gotten that far. On IATN those guys say it's great unless you have a lot of auto traffic, as the dripping cars creates a sauna effect inside with everything sweating. If you don't have a lot of dripping car traffic it's not an issue. Good Luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well I broke ground today. Site is prepped, Footings are dug, now to get some concrete in the ground. It will be an L shaped garage, overall footprint is 36' x 36', 15' ceiling hieght in one side and 11' in the other, with a 14' x 36' storage lean-to on one side. I will upload some pics once its at the point of resembling something, other than a bunch of dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sounds like it's going to be one hell of a man cave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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