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My only fear on the attached garage is that it's currently 40X36. The width is necessary to get the stairway to the bonus room over the garage. The stairway access is from the mudroom but steals space from the garage as it goes up. However, the 36' depth might be a bit much just for having the plow in front of the truck. The house footprint is only 42X28 and I don't want the attached garage to look like it's about to fly away with a bigger footprint. Will have to do some further analysis....
I hear ya on that dilemma! Our garage sticks out on the front of the house, and we didn't want that at all, but it was about our only choice without obstructing the view from our sunroom on the back. We were afraid the garage would dwarf the rest of the house or the garage doors would look like the focal point when you come down the driveway, but it turned out OK. We stressed majorly over our house plans (my wife drew them herself over the span of about 15 months), but it came out great. The only thing I would change we be to make my shed about 10' deeper.
Back on motorized stuff, got the General center seat in today. Should work for the monster for a few years. I think the guy did a great job matching the OE seat's color and stitching. The material is different but for a temporary fix, I'm happy... Still have the harness to install but got too cold for the fingers. Can't wait for a heated garage...
Not sure if a basement is common out east but if it is, in my part of the world houses are being built with basement stairs in both the house and garage. I don't believe in making basement space livable space (no kids) but I think it's awesome to have basement access directly from the garage.
I work with someone that had a pole barn built to store their massive 5th wheeler. Then they sold the 5th wheeler and gave up on camping. Life needs do change. I know that Rodney knows this and often notes that his camping days are likely numbered.
Mornin Rodney! I too have been pricing barns recently. I am still in the very early stages though and won't likely be able to do anything more than research for another 14 months when I finish paying for my daughter's college.
The seat turned out nice!
Howdy Doug. We would prefer to wait til the house is built to get the barn going so we have a better idea of budget. However, we may end up living in the RV inside the barn if our timing ends up being off on the sale of our current house. So, the barn needs to go up quick once we get started. I am still waiting for the plans to come back so I can give them to my friend to comparison shop pricing between stick and Morton.
Out in my area, I see what you are describing all the time. People build the shop/barn first and live in the RV while the house is being built.
My horse stalls are just metal carports that the PO had installed several years ago for his livestock. Jodi and I would like to build an actual barn with stalls for the critters, and tear down the carports. I have found a few barn kits that look like they would work for my needs, but I would likely hire out the construction/installation, as it would be a bit much for me to do by myself on my days off.
Bruce, that's a good idea and I'm considering garage to basement stairs if the grade doesn't provide us with a walkout.
Jim, it better look good for the shellacking I took on it's cost!
My parents built about 5 years ago. They did a walkout basement and stairs to the garage, those stairs are one of my favorite features of the house. I would have never thought that going in.
I added them to our plan. If we end up with a walkout, they won't really be necessary and if it saves me a lot of money, I'll delete the option. However, if it's not much more, I'll just keep both. I've worked in a few houses that have them and agree that they are a great option!
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