Oppositelock challenge: Design my garage dream space.

Kinja'd!!! "Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
03/06/2017 at 22:45 • Filed to: None

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All dimensions are in feet. This is a two-car garage on a new-build home at the end of a cul-de-sac. It has drywalled, uh, walls and a high ceiling without rafters. Requirements involve any standard family of four with crap, but will most likely include the following:

-lighting is currently one overhead light, feel free to recommend proper garage/workspace lighting.

-winter tires storage for two vehicles, 8 tires.

-parking for an ‘08 RAV4 and at times a ‘11 Tacoma-double cab short bed.

-rolling toolbox

-workbench

-wold love live air

-many many bicycles (two kids and wife plus my N+1 habit - road, track, cross, time-trial, etc.)

-storage for usual family extra crap (tents, camping supplies, etc.)

-a 1978 Leyland Mini, right-hand drive. (So the truck will live outside in the few winter months I have here in Colorado)

So, design the ultimate garage that can still house family needs. For your payment, please accept a picture of awesome.

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DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Grindintosecond
03/06/2017 at 22:49

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Off to google sketch up I go. How wide the the front end-end?


Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
03/06/2017 at 23:15

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18 foot door, i believe. the two standard sizes are 16 and 18. I really think it’s the 18 footer


Kinja'd!!! MrDakka > Grindintosecond
03/06/2017 at 23:34

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Exactly how many bicycles are talking here? Because I think you’re going to end having to play real life Tetris.


Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > MrDakka
03/07/2017 at 01:03

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Well, i dunno. 3 for the other three. 2 right now for me, possibly 1 more later on. 5 total mow, 6th later for the velodrome.

 


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > Grindintosecond
03/07/2017 at 10:30

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We live on a hill, although our driveway is only a slight grade down toward our house. However, we’re looking at building a garage and thinking we can use the hill to our advantage by putting the garage up high enough, and building a simple gravel drive-around to the back (or side) for 2 bays UNDER and two bays over. Our house isn’t very big on the outside (32' across the front) so it would get us a lot more space without the garage looking bigger than the house.

Just a thought, and one that I’m currently consumed with as I dream about not doing oil changes in the gravel driveway anymore....


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > functionoverfashion
03/07/2017 at 14:25

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That’s not going to be a cheap floor if intended on parking cars on it


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/07/2017 at 14:54

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Yeah, I realize there would have to be some serious structure in there. But man, it would be awesome. And I think a larger garage would be too big next to the house. Maybe we could pull off 3 bays.

But hey, a boy can dream, right? A boy can also download Sketchup at lunch time and bang this out after watching the first “how to” video...


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > functionoverfashion
03/07/2017 at 15:05

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if you have enough room to go around the side and in why not just do 3 bays where you enter on the side so the front of the garage is still 24' wide but its 36 feet deep?

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thats my sketchup model for a side job

thats also pretty good for a first try


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/07/2017 at 16:35

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That’s interesting and might be a good solution. We may run into the bank where it drops off... hard to describe. I may attempt terrain later.

Also not sure why my back side house roof surface disappeared haha