[Shop-talk] Garage ceiling height

[Paul Parkanzky]

I’ve had this setup with ten foot ceilings in two garages. Ten feet is the minimum you’ll want, in my opinion. I would stack two cars (typically a Lotus Elise or a Miata over a TDI Golf or e90 M3) and it wasn’t terribly for that but I always wished I could go higher, especially when I did any work on a car.

The solution to this is scissor trusses and little “windows” in the ceiling where the greenhouse of a vehicle would go. They’ll make a huge difference.

It goes without saying that you’ll want the tracks for the garage door to he as high as possible. My door wore the paper off the drywall in a spot at the first house.

A nice jackshaft opener (I had lift masters both times) is nice to clean up the ceiling but not necessary if you have a two car door because that track will hang down next to the vehicle and not over it.

-Paul

> On Mar 26, 2019, at 3:35 PM, Karl Vacek via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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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