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Detached garage size?

5 years ago

We will be starting construction soon on our treed lot. I'm going to get some bids on a detached garage for ATV storage/hubby's shop. This would go 150ft or so across from the front door, but with a circle driveway between the house and shop. The house/garage will have 60+ft trees all around.


Hubby will eventually get his large Quonset for tractors/projects/boat/camper/etc...this will be more for a temporary shop and normal "garage" stuff so the house garage can just be for cars. I would love to have 1 stall for woodworking type stuff as well.


I plan to do the same design as the house garage, potentially with a room above (unsure how much extra those trusses would add). I've always imagined this being a 5 car garage....


I am thinking to make the garage design larger and do 3 double doors versus 3 single doors? Maybe a wider and taller door in the middle. I prefer the look of single doors, but feel that at least one door needs to be double. Plus, I can't really do the "same" design look with 5 single garage doors. But, I also don't want the detached garage to overwhelm the house....even though it will be set back into the trees.


The house garage will be 36 feet wide. Curious what others would do for a size?

(I was hoping to do the Quonset before this garage project...but the house build is already going to put me over where I wanted to be and Hubby is loosing his mind not having a shop..so figure worth adding this project onto the mortgage for a few hundred a month while we can get the excavating/framing/trusses done at the same time...probably will hold off putting down the slab and just do rock for now).





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