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I just built a garage, or really a pole barn for daily driver, wife's Mustang, my Corvette, maybe a Harley or two and room for pool toys, pool furniture winter storage. Max size with out getting a variance is 1200sq', so it's 30x40 with three 10'x8' OH doors and one man door, 10' ceiling. I already have a 73'x36' barn with 18' ceiling with two post lift, so 10' ceiling is ok. Chip
This forum will give you great ideas, pictures, and go into detail on any specific (heating, flooring, etc.) part of the garage you are working on. Good luck with the build!
I redid a 1600 sq ft detached garage on my own. Some thoughts.
Liftmaster garage door openers - you don't have the chain/ceiling mounted motor, noise, and they AUTOLOCK when they close. Inexpensive too.
220 plugs in 2 locations opposite eachother.
110 plugs as low to the ground as code will allow. Trickle chargers, etc need power, and plugs running down the wall look cheesy.
LED lighting is a MUST. Use 1/8 the power of a fluorescent. I went with Bolts. 4 foot 8250 Lumens 66 Watt LED. They are gorgeous. Bright. Can't say enough about them. Prewire for alarm, motion sensors, fire/smoke detectors, CO2 detectors AND security cameras. 110 plugs up high for cameras. More 110 plugs the better. Wire a dedicated 110 on it's own separate breaker for a refrigerator. That way if something trips in the garage, your beer won't get warm. I have 3 refrigerators in my garage. Great to store tons of food with parties. Blinds on all windows. Find where you will put TV and have cable/satelite and 110 run in walls. Again, cords suck unless you bought the place like that. You have the luxury of building your own.
Build a safe into a wall. Trust me. Not for valuables, but you're not a man unless you have a Glock in every room. LOL.
More lights, more plugs, more sq ft than you think you need, then add 250 sq ft.
I could go on for a while, but you get my drift.
Push button combination front door handle with a Medeco deadbolt lock. That way you can give your kids/wife/others the combo to get in IF you want after unlocking the deadbolt without having to give them a key. Then you can change the code at any time.
I planned it out for a long time before diving in. I can't afford mistakes. Do it one, do it right, don't do it again.
Good luck, have fun.
ARA
Reading all these comments was very helpful. But I did not see any mention for an elevated garage. I am in the process of installing a steel building on my property which has to be elevated. So I have to have a ramp entry to the garage and I am worried about the entry angle for ground clearance. I will need to get my C-7 over the hump and not sure how much of an angle it can handle. Looking for input, thanks for your help.
If remember correctly for the driveway it was a max of 1"rise for every 12" of length for clearance of a lowered car. The entry into the building can be angled as well by the slope in the garage for drainage and "lip" where the door meets the foundation. In our case we had a very small lip, but "beaver tailed the angle about 12" into the garage.
From the road grade to our garage it is 45', we have a slope down and then up into the garage. In that we also have angles for drainage. A good concrete guy should be able to help you in getting all the angles you need, they do it everyday...
(Sorry about the dirty-ness of my garage and driveway, we are still in the midst of spring pollen)
If it's like this, you're gonna have a problem....
How in the hell did that pass inspection/approval? Even in our crazy non-conforming area, there is no way the fire department or P&Z would sign off on that. You would have to have a 4x4 lifted truck to make those angles...
02-10-2019, 10:42 PM
...Love the layout of your garage/man cave...Except for one thing...Powder Room?...
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...Paul
