standard garage depth
Anthony
are built to allow a car to be parked inside? I want to build a laundry
room at the end of mine, but don't want to cut into the parking area beyond
what is considered to be 'standard'. If that happened I might have a little
bit of a hard time selling the house later.
Thanks in advance
Anthony
v.
There is indeed a big book of "architectural graphic standards" that
gives this stuff. However, as car size has evolved, up, down and then
back up over the years, one can get odd results.
One Q is how big a car (or SUV) one wants to accomodate. Small cars
are only 14 to 15 feet long. The big old boat of a car is about 18
feet. Some SUVs and extended cab pickups are there or more. Typical
new garages are about 24 feet but that is so there is room for storage
in front of the car. So what would add or detract more or less from
your home, a laundry vs. loss of storage space or car space...
Go out with a tape measure and see how big various cars are that you
might want to accomodate, then add 2 feet.
just MHO,
-v.
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<som...@somewhere.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know for certain if there is a standard depth to which garages
> are built to allow a car to be parked inside?
Mine is 20 feet in depth, and seems to be consistant with most I have
seen. 20 feet wide as well for two cars.
Edward
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still leave a few feet in front of and behind a '99 Mercury Villager. The other
bay has a '59 Cadillac project car, with no benches. Doesn't leave alot of free
space front, back, and sides.
As was said, it all depends on what you want to house.
Chris
Mary Ryan
> might want to accomodate, then add 2 feet.
He doesn't need a tape measure, just a web browser. All the car
manufacturers post their specs on their web sites. A Chevy Suburban is
219.3 inches, or 18.275 feet long. A Chrysler long-wheelbase minivan is
200.5 inches, or 16.7 feet long. And I'd want more than 2 feet of extra
space in the garage. Most people store tools, lawnmowers, bicycles,
paint cans, etc., etc., etc., in the garage.
Walt
v.
motley fool wrote:
>> Go out with a tape measure and see how big various cars are that you
>> might want to accomodate, then add 2 feet.
>
>He doesn't need a tape measure, just a web browser. All the car
>manufacturers post their specs on their web sites.
Or, "He doesn't need a web browser, he just needs a tape measure."
He may live in a neighborhood where he could go outside and see in
less time than he could sign on and search the web, since I don't thin
most people have all the car mfg's sites bookmarked. Precise mfg's
specs are not needed. It would be close enough that a minivan is
around 17 feet and a big SUV 18 or 19. Since the extra space for
manueuvering will be in feet, and the car stored will vary over the
years, decimal inches of particular models are not required.
> And I'd want more than 2 feet of extra
>space in the garage.
Me too, however I am not trying to build a laundry room (I think that
was it, it was some kind of room...) in my garage as he was. Thus the
recommendation for what to use as a minimum, so he could see if he
could still fit the new room.
> Most people store tools, lawnmowers, bicycles,
>paint cans, etc., etc., etc., in the garage.
That's why in my opinion 24 x 24 is "standard". But we have had votes
for 20 x 20 and 27 x 27. (BTW, our "garage" has two bedrooms and a
family room in it. No cars)
Of well....
-v.