20x24

[eurotiva]

yea I wish my garage was wider. It's a tight fit for our exploder. I have a 20x24 attached garage but I just store my mustang or rail buggy in. The 16x24 is the "workshop"

[FoMoCoMotion]

Going with a bonus room up top or just a high ceiling to allow for a lift?

PS - Greg, is that a ranger valence, did you have to shorten it? It looks really good on the Festy!!!

[eurotiva]

Going with a bonus room up top or just a high ceiling to allow for a lift?

PS - Greg, is that a ranger valence, did you have to shorten it? It looks really good on the Festy!!!

That is mikes (flyin4stroke's) car. It is a shortened civic bumper with a shortened ranger valance. It looks so good. Words can't really describe how well it looks. And I thought mine was nice......lol...............

[FoMoCoMotion]

Both look great! Motivation to keep working on mine - LOL

[kumalaba]

get a garage door that is in sections rather than the kind like you find in a mini storage building, a lot less trouble & smoother operating 18 x 8 would be a good size or 16 x 8. the ribbed steel commercial are a little cheaper than the raised panel residential one shown in your pic above.

ok then go for 10x8high or 12x8high, make sure inside is framed for the tracks to mount to. use a 2x8 & get two 10' long for the sides then you will need a center pad 2x8 to mount your torsion system to. do not get extension springs make sure you use a torsion spring or springs.

[htchbck]

I will have to call you later, I can't remember all that lol. I'm hoping to find a 10' wide roll-up door with the thin sections (about 3" each) like I have at work. It will keep my overhead area in the middle of the shop as open as possible. I think I will be doing 9' walls with an "stepped rafter" design, that will give me over 11' in the middle open area which is the standard height for a decent 2 post lift, in case I ever decide I need one.

[kumalaba]

if you go with a roll up door & the opening is 8' you need at least a foot overhead for the door to roll up inside its self.

[htchbck]

Thats what I'm thinking, with 9' walls I can do an 8' high door and still have the rollup.

[freshtiva]

Good luck with your building project htchbck. There is a thread entitled "Our Garages" on the forum to keep your blood perking. Thats were I posted the following pictures. I built these two building at the ranch ( one is 24 x 30, the other 30 x 60) just before I got my first festiva, Cirra 1991 ?? They were a financial stretch at the time but Ive never regretted having them. I included a pit in the smaller building for oil changes and such. I built them almost entirely by myself except some help from my friend "Jonsey" pictured below.


　

[freshtiva]

Overhead view

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[freshtiva]

Overhead view

[kumalaba]

nice spread!

[htchbck]

Today wifey and I set out some old landscape timbers to get a rough idea of the size. Parked Festevil in it just for kicks This is the view from our bedroom window.

[kumalaba]

that festy looks lonely by its self