New garage

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Originally Posted by MeanDean

Yeah, I see these house plans in the paper with a supposed 2 car garage at 20 x 20. That's a JOKE. There ought to be a law that a 2 car garage has to be at least 22' wide. 24 is the narrowest I would want.

If you''re attaching it to the house you'll need frost footing so it doesn't move in relation to the house. If it's free standing and not too big (ususally 24 x 24) you can get by with a floating slab. It cheaper to build a free standing if you don't need a lot of pavement to get up to it. Don't forget to get a nice paved apron in front and make sure it's wide enough and long enough for the cars to queue up there.

My brother got a slightly larger shed build from Cleary. They normally build the pole barn type building but for a premium they can put any siding you want on it and even a shingled roof. Since he lives in a subdivision where they can't have metal buildings he went that way and it looks just like a stick built garage from the outside, but cost quite a bit less.

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Thats why I went with 24 x 24 so I could do a floating slab and didnt have to pour footings

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Originally Posted by Blackhawk6515

Remember, like TV's, I never heard of any guy complaining that they have too big of a garage.

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Fix it for you. You are obviously not a wife. :smile:

(Me neither, but a friend is a wife to a pack-rat with a really big garage, and she complains about it all the time)

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Originally Posted by MeanDean

Yeah, I see these house plans in the paper with a supposed 2 car garage at 20 x 20. That's a JOKE. There ought to be a law that a 2 car garage has to be at least 22' wide. 24 is the narrowest I would want.

If you''re attaching it to the house you'll need frost footing so it doesn't move in relation to the house. If it's free standing and not too big (ususally 24 x 24) you can get by with a floating slab. It cheaper to build a free standing if you don't need a lot of pavement to get up to it. Don't forget to get a nice paved apron in front and make sure it's wide enough and long enough for the cars to queue up there.

My brother got a slightly larger shed build from Cleary. They normally build the pole barn type building but for a premium they can put any siding you want on it and even a shingled roof. Since he lives in a subdivision where they can't have metal buildings he went that way and it looks just like a stick built garage from the outside, but cost quite a bit less.

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Im not positive on what your building code is but down in Indianola the max Sq footage that you can be without having to pour frost footings is 740 sq feet. Im sure it just depends on the city you live in as well.

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Originally Posted by CycloneTony

Im not positive on what your building code is but down in Indianola the max Sq footage that you can be without having to pour frost footings is 740 sq feet. Im sure it just depends on the city you live in as well.

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Check your codes before you make commitments. Some county codes are worse than city codes!!!

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Originally Posted by cyclonestate

When we built our garage, we decided to make it 24 x 26 instead of the normal 24 x 24. Best decision we ever made. The extra 2 feet makes a HUGE difference.

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One 18' wide door makes more wall space inside. Never use a 16' wide door for 2 cars and everyday use. 24' wide minus 18' of door equals 6'. Each wall 6" x 2 = 1'. approx. 5 feet of useable space.

The space between 2 separate doors is unusable space (if less then 4').

Why is 24 a common width? I Like 27' x 27' check out the cost difference, it isn't squat.

Oh yea, let your wife pick out walk door location and color. Make sure you act agonized over the decision, don't agree to anything the first day. Then slowly come into agreement with her colors and walk door locations. That will keep her busy with something other than "your" garage plan.
If your wife is to park in this thing everyday give her plenty of door opening room for the car seat and groceries.