In a message dated 2/15/2007 7:13:06 PM Central Standard Time,
ccsimonsen@gmail.com writes:
> Single door or double? 26 ft wide enough? I will need plenty of power -
> welder, air compressor and beer fridge.
>
> Should I put a big steel beam to support my chain hoist for pulling engines
> or are cherry pickers a better device?
>
> Can you share with me some of the must haves for a garage and some of the
> don't bothers?
>
> I was thinking about a shower - but the contractor told me he bet I wouldn't
> use it. He said for the money I should not put a bathrrom out there, either.
>
I helped a friend build his garage-mahal which is 24 X 50. 26 X 32 will fit
6 cars easily so all your friends will be over (once). 26 X 32 is plenty big
for 3 cars, a bunch of shelves of storage, a big workbench and plenty of elbow
room.
And a beer fridge.
A beam is nice but it limits you to working under the beam. A cherry picker
is as cheap as a come-along and a trolley (which would give you one dimension
of freedom) and more flexible. But a come-along hanging from a beam 12 ft
overhead will lift things much higher than a cherry picker.
But so will a four post lift.
Lots of options.
And skip the bathroom. Plant bushes.
Dave
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