Anyone here with a 24x30 garage or similar?

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I have been looking at a few homes recently, and one of them that I like and plan on viewing in the next week or so has a detacted 24x30 garage with two single car side be side doors. What I am wondering is, how much room will I really have to play around with once I get a car in and my tool boxes?



Do any of you all here happen to have a garage of this size or similar? I'd like to see what it looks like inside with a vehicle inside and all of your other garage equipment to get a visual idea if this will be the right size for me
 
My last garage was 20 x 20, and it had a single garage door. It was great for working in, because of the single, double door...I could put the car right in the middle.



My new house has a 20' wide, and 30' deep garage. I again went with a single, double door, as it offers more flexibility when it comes to positioning the car.
 
I have a 23'x24' as well. It's more than enough room to work. I used to work in a 16'x20' and that sucked. Now I have enough room to detail and work on my motorcycle.
 
I have a 25' x 25' and it has plenty of room to work. :)





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Oh, one suggestion I have, build a shed if you can. I had a small garage at the old house but had a shed so all of the junk like the mower, snow blower, ladder, rakes, shovels, bikes and so on where in there. Now I have a bigger garage but all the junk from the shed is in it. I really need to get a shed built in the next year or so.
 
our garage is a touch smaller than that and there is a good amount of room to park and work around the cars.



Dimensions on ours: 25'W x 23'D at the narrowest measurements. There is a bump out of a couple of feet on the far side where I keep our trash cans and our blowers/trimmer. We have some 18" deep shelving at the rear and an 12" unit at the front between the bays. The cars that are inside this garage are just under 16' long, so 3'+ at each end if they are centered. We did 9'W x 8'H doors so plenty of room to maneuver, even at an angle. In a pinch (hailstorm predicted), I can get a 3rd vehicle in there by parking one in the center first, then wedging the outside ones in at a bit of an angle.



poor quality pictures, but give a perspective on size and room to work.



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Thanks for the pictures everyone, this gives me a good idea on what to expect. It seems I should be easily be able to squeeze my car, truck, and all my tools in and still be able to detail and work. Heck maybe even put in a couch and a TV too:) I am excited about this and looking foward to making my own dream garage
 
RedlineIRL said:
Thanks for the pictures everyone, this gives me a good idea on what to expect. It seems I should be easily be able to squeeze my car, truck, and all my tools in and still be able to detail and work. Heck maybe even put in a couch and a TV too:) I am excited about this and looking foward to making my own dream garage
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Yes, you should have no problem getting everything into your garage except maybe the couch. Cable TV and a stereo system along with heat and the A/C make my work space comfortable for me year round.
 
Mine's 28 x 48 and it smothers me out sometimes. I have 5 cars in it, 1 ATV, a 1 yd cement mixer, a riding lawn mower and much much more junk. Still all my stuff except my car hauler is indoors.
 
RedlineIRL said:
Thanks for the pictures everyone, this gives me a good idea on what to expect. It seems I should be easily be able to squeeze my car, truck, and all my tools in and still be able to detail and work. Heck maybe even put in a couch and a TV too:) I am excited about this and looking foward to making my own dream garage
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Keep us updated! I'd be afraid to put a couch and tv in my garage because it would just encourage people to hang out and stay and I'd never get any work done. LOL
 
RedlineIRL said:
I have been looking at a few homes recently, and one of them that I like and plan on viewing in the next week or so has a detacted 24x30 garage with two single car side be side doors. What I am wondering is, how much room will I really have to play around with once I get a car in and my tool boxes?
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Presuming you don't have a large collection of man toys, or the need for lots of storage shelving, a 24'x30' is plenty of room for a couple of cars, workbench, and tool chest. Honestly, it's probably more room than you really need.



My Father has a detached 24'x30', and in it he keeps a full-size truck, mid-size SUV, 4 snowmobiles, dirtbike, riding lawnmower, storage shelving on the walls, tool chest, and a workbench. It's tight, and carefully packed and placed, but if you pull out the two vehicles there's room to do just about anything you want, including ample room to do detail work on single vehicle.
 
I'm just moving into a 30' x 30' garage, after a 10' x 20' size garage my contortionist days are over!! :woot:
 
The garage is the pictures is 23' wide x 30' deep. I like the depth. It gives you a lot more room for stuff. My other garage is 22' deep x 24' wide. As far as I'm concerned you never have enough garage space. I've been thinking about adding on another garage 22' deep by 50' wide. I wish I could go deeper but I don't have the room.

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i just finished a 21 x 27.5 addition to my existing garage. i could not go any wider due to 12' setbacks but, i did do 13' ceiling for lifts. the depth is good for me. i put a 8 x 16 front door on and a 7x 8 rear door for drive through and light. you should have good room with those dimensions.
 
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