Minimum size garage...

[Chop]

Originally Posted by Bad03xtreme

I built a 26'x28' and it is a nice sized two car garage with plenty of room for cabinets and stuff.

Here is a pic:

Where are the pics from the inside.

[RaskyR1]

Originally Posted by Danase

Honestly, go with the biggest one you can or else you will regret not building it bigger a year down the road.

+1

[weekendwarrior]

After having and working in several types of garages, here are some suggestions:

If the garage is on the smaller size, and you want a work bench, what I did in my first garage was to buy a cheap smooth paneled solid interior door at Lowe's. I then hinged it to the wall along the back side (I used a piano hinge). I bolted 2, 4" PVC caps to the front corners, and cut 2 pieces of PVC pipe for legs to slide inside the caps. This allowed me to slip out the legs, and fold the door (workbench) flat against the wall when I needed more room in the garage.

Regarding doors, on a 2 car garage I am all for 1 large door versus the 2 single doors. When you have the 2 doors, you have a section of wall between the 2 doors right in the middle. I like 1 door, because I can easily position the car in the middle of the garage to work on it, instead of having to angle.

I forget the name of the stuff, but Lowe's and Home Depot sell a moisture proof wall board. This is nice, because you can line your walls with this, and then either install a drain, or put a wash mat down, and do full washes inside your garage. Of course, you could skip this and use ONR, but it is nice to do a full wash sometimes.

Insulated doors are well worth the money. And, make sure to properly insulate all walls of the barage, for both heat retention in the winter, as well as noise reduction. In my last garage, I was able to keep it nice and warm in the winter with a $70 Mr Heater propane heater.

If you can swing it, install a washer and dryer hookup in your garage. I am doing this in the house/garage I am building now. This will keep me from having my wife fuss at me for using the nice washer to wash my grungy rags. Additionally, you can unhook the washer water lines, and use the spiggots for cold/hot water supply for washing in the garage.

The garage I am building now on my house will be 25 foot wide, and 40 foot deep. I decided to go deep, so I can put a lift in the deeper area, and it won't interfere with the door overhead when in the open position. Plus, I can keep all 4 cars in there. The design of the house calls for a garage door on the front of the house, and I didn't want 2 large doors, or 4 small doors across the front of the house (I wanted people to notice the house, and not a bunch of garage doors).