Workshop door placement

[Gary Fowler]

Watering is one thing. Fertilizing is another. For those with outbuildings 'too far' from the house facilities, has anyone done an outhouse out back of the outbuilding?

I built my shop 30x30 main floor then 30x12 wings on each side. I walled in a 10x12 on the north side and put in a sink and commode. Planned to put in a shower and water heater hence the large size but then changed my mind so it has lots of storage space in the bathroom. I put a man door under the shed side with the bathroom and left the south side 30x12 open on 3 sides. The front has a 16' and a 12 foot garage door for access to the front. It works fine for me that way.

It became too small for all my "stuff" within a couple of years so I added a 30x14 on the back wall for boat and lawnmower storage with a 12 foot wide garage door on the north side (this was the only side open for access to outside). I cut a hole in the back wall of the main shop to add an access door to the boat/lawnmower shed.
It was still a bit small with 2 cars, motorcycle and welding area, but now that I have gotten rid of one car, it has lots of room again.