[Shop-talk] Garage ceiling height

[old dirtbeard]

Yes, 10' will be fine for most any residential lift (e.g., Backyard Buddy,
Worth, etc.). It also would give you enough headroom to stack a C7 over a
CTS, for example, if you wanted to store one car above the other.

It would not be high enough to stack two F150's, though.  ;-)

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 7:40 PM Paul Parkanzky via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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:
>
> 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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