Garage upgrade!

Well ok we have been looking for a house here in lauderdale but the garages are small. My current garage is 22×22-tight fit for my current boat and my wife’s car. I was surprised that some double garages are smaller than 22X22!. Some doubles have a divider and 2 doors. That sucks too! I was starting to feel bad about my garage needs. My wife has been mostly cool and supportive of my fishing and she only wants a nice house. Anyway we found a house that she loves and I get a larger attached garage. If you are looking for a house and having the same issue hang in there, you would probably live in a cardboard box if your boat had a nice home-she probably has LOTS of requirements. Stand up for your garage needs! Thought about storing outside with one of those structures that cover for rain, etc-Does anyone do that?

I moved in June to a bigger garage. 43′ wide and 33′ deep.

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I moved in June to a bigger garage. 43′ wide and 33′ deep.

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Congrats.

I’ve gone opposite, from 3 car, to 2 car, now a single stall detached. Was 20′ deep, but the past owner must’ve crashed into far wall so it’s extended out to about 21′ now

Upgraded my garage yesterday.

Took the outdoors TV inside to add a 2nd TV.

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bassh8er wrote:

Upgraded my garage yesterday.

Took the outdoors TV inside to add a 2nd TV.

might want to ditch the high heels

Mike Martine wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bassh8er wrote:</div>
Upgraded my garage yesterday.

Took the outdoors TV inside to add a 2nd TV.

might want to ditch the high heels

Maybe the stripper pole is just out of the picture?

HRG

I was going to ask how the wife took to having her shoes relegated to the garage with your hunting stuff. I wish I could get away with that, just with some of her 12 pairs of tennis shoes..

You can never have too much garage space.

I envy the guys that live in the country and have a huge post frame building.

We live in town with a .6 acre lot. The attached garage is nice, but not very deep and only has 7′ doors. Fortunately I was able to build a detached garage in the back yard. It’s a 24’x40′ with a huge 14’x20′ door. It had to be stick framed and match the house (vinyl siding, asphalt roof). It was expensive compared to a post frame building, but worth every penny.

It’s an option if code allows it where you live/will live.

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B-man wrote:

. It had to be stick framed and match the house (vinyl siding, asphalt roof)

In Mpls if the SF is over 685 I believe the garage exterior has to match, which in my case is stucco, ouch.

Hopefully next year I’ll get er done.

bassh8er wrote:

Upgraded my garage yesterday.

Took the outdoors TV inside to add a 2nd TV.

Love it bassh8ter

I just built a man cave in the attached garage and did the same thing

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I hate all of you

19.5 by 19.5 and no options to upgrade other than buying a whole new place.

I looked for cardboard boxes with deep 3 car garages. As posted earlier the fw had other requirements. When we combined our requirements all those houses seemed a like a lot of money to spend on toys and fancy stuff. Soooo, downsized from my pickup and settling in for a couple more years.

My house is 3 years old and it’s a 3-1/2 stall garage – kind of unique. It came this way. Standard 3 car but the center has a 11′ x 11′ added onto it. It’s currently my man cave area but would be great for an ice castle or boat.

When I was looking for a new house the first thing I did was walk into the garage and if it didn’t meet my needs I walked out without even looking at the rest of the house. Some homes I walked into had a 3 car garage that was only 15’ deep. One home had a 18’ boat in the so called 3 car garage at a diagonal taking up the whole garage. I told my retailer that if the garage is not even x’ deep don’t even waste our time looking at it. I finally found a home that had a larger 2 car garage and has room to add a 24’ x 48’ attach garage to it. Only need to wait one more year. The city is ok with it but the bank is holding me back.

I just ran a gas line to my detached 30×36 and got the 50k btu heater installed last week. I wish I had done it years ago (especially with single digit temps)

I now have some garage envy.

martyb wrote:

I just ran a gas line to my detached 30×36 and got the 50k btu heater installed last week. I wish I had done it years ago (especially with single digit temps)

You’re gonna love it! I just put a
50k btu heater in my 22×22 attached garage ! It’s da chit!!