[Shop-talk] Garage ceiling height

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

Not a direct answer to your question, but when we built our shop I was also
restricted to 10' sidewalls, so that things didn't look out of whack.

I ended up using a scissor truss over the area where the lift would go,
with garage door tracks that followed the now angled ceiling.  That gave a
good bit more clearance for a lift.

Not sure that works for your situation, but wanted to mention it, in case
it did.

Mark

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 6:31 PM Karl Vacek via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> At long last my dream of a 4-post lift may come true later this year or
> next.  We’re working on plans to demolish our 1-1/2 car garage and build a
> bigger one, with a basement and a higher ceiling.  Right now the garage
> is 18 x 24 with an 8’ ceiling.
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> We can go a bit over 21 feet wide and 28 feet deep.  Can’t go wider garage
> due to the house’s location on the lot.  Can’t go longer without further
> cutting off the kitchen sink window view or pushing the front of the garage
> forward of the house, neither of which sound good to us.
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> 10 feet seems to be the limit of wall height to look compatible with the
> rest of the house and match the lower-level (porch, etc.) roof lines on the
> house.
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> I think that’ll give enough ceiling height for my needs, but I do need to
> consider a future buyer as well.  Will 10 feet will be adequate for a lift
> to allow 2-level car storage for at least typical cars?
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> Advice ??
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> Thanks in advance !!
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> Karl
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> "Veni, Vidi, Volo in Domum Redire."  (I came, I saw, I want to go home.)
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