Barndominium/Shop or "real" House?

[EddieWalker]

What is the advantage to 8 foot tall garage doors? Seems like a huge expense making the entire building taller, and paying more for 8 foot tall doors over the standard 7 foot tall doors.

My ten foot wide, 7 foot tall, insulated doors are almost $1,700 each for just the basic doors. I haven't decided on the openers yet.

 

[MossRoad]

What is the advantage to 8 foot tall garage doors? Seems like a huge expense making the entire building taller, and paying more for 8 foot tall doors over the standard 7 foot tall doors.

My ten foot wide, 7 foot tall, insulated doors are almost $1,700 each for just the basic doors. I haven't decided on the openers yet.

I put a 7' high door in my garage addition. It's only used for storage, and my little machine, so it's no big deal. But my front garage has 10' high door. I can drive the suburban in with a canoe or my mother in-law's van in with a car-top box. The few times I needed it, I was happy.

 

[ovrszd]

What is the advantage to 8 foot tall garage doors? Seems like a huge expense making the entire building taller, and paying more for 8 foot tall doors over the standard 7 foot tall doors.

My ten foot wide, 7 foot tall, insulated doors are almost $1,700 each for just the basic doors. I haven't decided on the openers yet.

In the OP's case he simply made the hole larger, not the building. I totally agree with that philosophy. All it cost him is the additional cost of the door size. I had two 7x9 doors in my previous house garage. I hated them. But in that case I didn't have a choice. When we built this time we calculated in larger doors. The wife's attached garage door is 8x12. Much more comfortable to use.

 

[EddieWalker]

I have a 10x10 door on my workshop, and I think it's too small. I should have gone 12 feet wide. Whenever I get around to building my dream workshop building, I'll get the tallest doors that I can fit in the building. Hopefully 14 feet tall so I can drive my backhoe into it.

But for a garage, where you are just driving automobiles into it, why would you want to spend the extra money to make the entire building a foot taller so you could have 8 foot tall doors, when you have a huge workshop right next to the garage with doors that are a lot bigger?

 

[EddieWalker]

Not that much change required for 8ft doors. Seems like a no-brainer:

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I wasn't paying attention to the inches in the two drawings. It looks like the overall height of the building is increasing just a couple of inches to get the 8 foot tall doors. Not as big of an expense as I first thought.

But I still don't see the advantage to spending the extra money on 8 foot tall garage doors

 

[ovrszd]

I have a 10x10 door on my workshop, and I think it's too small. I should have gone 12 feet wide. Whenever I get around to building my dream workshop building, I'll get the tallest doors that I can fit in the building. Hopefully 14 feet tall so I can drive my backhoe into it.

But for a garage, where you are just driving automobiles into it, why would you want to spend the extra money to make the entire building a foot taller so you could have 8 foot tall doors, when you have a huge workshop right next to the garage with doors that are a lot bigger?

My shop doors are 12x12. I have to lower the boom on my hoe to get it in. I didn't want to spend the money to raise the building another 2ft to gain a 14ft tall door.

Again, in the OP's case all he did was redraw the door openings. This is based on his comment and his drawings. So in his case, why would he put in smaller doors?

No different than you building a new shop with 16ft eaves and putting in 12ft doors.

 

[ovrszd]

I wasn't paying attention to the inches in the two drawings. It looks like the overall height of the building is increasing just a couple of inches to get the 8 foot tall doors. Not as big of an expense as I first thought.

But I still don't see the advantage to spending the extra money on 8 foot tall garage doors

I thought Moss gave very good reasons.

 

[LouNY]

Vans or pickups with roof racks, even some suburban style vehicles, a pickup with an appliance in the back. Numerous reasons too.

 

[MossRoad]

I have a 10x10 door on my workshop, and I think it's too small. I should have gone 12 feet wide. Whenever I get around to building my dream workshop building, I'll get the tallest doors that I can fit in the building. Hopefully 14 feet tall so I can drive my backhoe into it.

But for a garage, where you are just driving automobiles into it, why would you want to spend the extra money to make the entire building a foot taller so you could have 8 foot tall doors, when you have a huge workshop right next to the garage with doors that are a lot bigger?

On our garage addition, I put a row of concrete block all the way around the edge to raise it 8". I like to hang things from the ceiling and every bit helps. Bikes, boats, pool toys, car bodies, etc. So any additional height to me is worth it. Even in our 10' front garage I sometimes wish for more headroom.

 

[ETD66SS]

I wasn't paying attention to the inches in the two drawings. It looks like the overall height of the building is increasing just a couple of inches to get the 8 foot tall doors. Not as big of an expense as I first thought.

But I still don't see the advantage to spending the extra money on 8 foot tall garage doors

The overall building height didn't change. I moved up the floor for the living space which made those celings less than 8 ft, so I put in scissor trusses to gain taller ceilings in the living area.