Has Anyone dug up their garage???
01-26-2010, 08:31 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11, '14
Has Anyone dug up their garage???
Problem...too many cars not enough space
I would like to add a lift to my garage. But...the ceiling is too low. I was (am) thinking about talking to a contractor about digging out 1/2 of my garage so I can drive my 2009 C6 down or drive straight onto the ramps raise it up and park my daily driver CTS below it.
I would leave the other half untouched..my wife's car goes there.
Is that a stupid or impractical idea?
Here are some pictures....
I would like to add a lift to my garage. But...the ceiling is too low. I was (am) thinking about talking to a contractor about digging out 1/2 of my garage so I can drive my 2009 C6 down or drive straight onto the ramps raise it up and park my daily driver CTS below it.
I would leave the other half untouched..my wife's car goes there.
Is that a stupid or impractical idea?
Here are some pictures....
01-26-2010, 08:47 PM
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It probably would be easyer if you extendid outward into the driveway.
<----used to be a sunroom untill I bought the house, I could use a few more garage spaces myself.
<----used to be a sunroom untill I bought the house, I could use a few more garage spaces myself.
01-26-2010, 08:50 PM
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01-26-2010, 08:53 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11, '14
Should have bought a 8 car garage
Should have bought a garage first and added a house later...
She would have killed me....
She would have killed me....
01-26-2010, 09:42 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11, '14
Nope..that will not work...my basement wall is behind it ..
They say my garage is for 4 cars arranged 2 in front side by side and 2 behind side by side..
Would work if I drove Austin Healy 3000s or something that small, but not a CTS, a c6, a C300 (wifes car) and a jeep Grand Cherokee..
01-27-2010, 07:50 AM
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I would be concerned about water. I have heard stories of people having serious issues due to sump pump failure or a power outage not allowing the sump pump to run.
01-27-2010, 11:02 AM
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Most building codes wouldn't allow this. It is one thing to have a drive-out door like a walk out basement but totally different to have no outside access. Too dangerous as it could build up gasoline fumes.
Go up! It looks like you have a deck above the garages. Extend the garage ceiling in place of the deck on that side.
Go up! It looks like you have a deck above the garages. Extend the garage ceiling in place of the deck on that side.
