[Shop-talk] Garage ceiling height

[Arvid]

I am going thru similar calculations. And "it depends".

My building is 117 inches from slab to bottom of the rafters.

The ones I have surveyed [I have started a spreadsheet with about 15 different 7,000 and 9,000 lb 4 post lifts on it] have columns that are 100 or less inches tall so fitting the lift and being able to move it around on the casters will not be a problem.

The challenge is "how tall is the vehicle?" and "what is the ultimate goal?".

In my case I want it more for storage than for lifting a vehicle to wok on it. So the math works out like this:

MR2 - 50 inches tall

Deck - most seem to be between 5 and 6 inches.

So 117 - 50 - 6 = 61 inches.

Therefore what ever I want to park under the lift can not be more than 61 inches tall. Note that 61 does not take into consideration the granularity of the lift safety catch spacing [between 4 and 8 inches, depending on vendor] and the "idiot left his finger on the button and crushed his MR2 and three ceilings joists before the building collapsed around him" factor.

So go measure your cars, do the math and you should be good to go.

Note that width of the bottom vehicle will need to be considered but it is not a constraint on how high the walls need to be.

Arvid


On 3/26/19 2:35 PM, Karl Vacek via Shop-talk 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 biggerone, 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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