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Garage Floor Programme

By Meg Escott

Most homes accept at least one car and perhaps two or 3. That adds up to a lot of garage space. The location and shape of your garage tin have a big impact on your domicile so this page explores some options for your garage floor plan and we'll talk over the impact of each one.

This page is part of the garage design serial.

When y'all're looking through these examples of garage arrangements, conduct in mind that the discussions generally employ whether the garage is a single, double or triple garage.

Hither nosotros go. Here's the sections on this page...

Attached garage floor plan
Detached garage floor programme
Storage alcoves
Garage steps
Garage offsets
Double duty garage
Garage doors

Attached garage flooring plans

So permit'south start with the location of your garage if it's attached to your dwelling house.

The neat reward of fastened garage floor plans is that they form a function of the domicile. And then if you use your garage ofttimes for coming and going, for storage that yous admission often or for one of the alternative activities outlined on the garage blueprint page it's not far to get and you lot don't take to go outside.

The fact that they form role of the home ways that if you want lots of upstairs accommodation this can flow seamlessly on the height flooring, taking advantage of the increased foursquare footage on the footing floor.

Garages on the aforementioned level as your house

Front facing garages

This is a very common system with the garage nestling within the business firm. The facade of the business firm might be flat with the facade of the house or slightly off-gear up (could be set slightly frontwards or slightly behind the line of the house). Nigh architectural styles look more interesting if an off-set is used.

The affair to bear in mind with this blueprint is that the garage takes up a significant portion of the facade of the home. The garage makes a big visual impact and also prevents light entering the home from a meaning length of the front elevation.

garage in front within house Attached garage inside the firm facing forwards

In this next example the garage is fastened at the side of the firm forming a separate block but all the same attached. In this arrangement at that place is less visual impact and less bear on on the light that's available to the firm.

garage attached side front facing

Of form a front end facing garage at the side of the house tin can be placed at whatsoever location forth the side of the house. To diminish the impact on the front end of the house you can motion the garage back.

attached garage behind house

Hither'southward a long attached garage. It'due south single garage width merely could be used to conform two cars. This garage has a connection both with the front of the house and the garden. Maybe the back department of the garage could be used for garden storage or an indoor seating surface area. There's large access doors both at the forepart and rear.

Meet how this set up creates a corner nook at the back of the firm which gives a sheltered feeling. In temperate climates this creates a lovely warm sun trap if it faces towards the sun, the heat is caught in the walls.

Long attached garage

Side facing garages

Side facing garages need a bigger lot to allow for the driveway infinite to give side admission. The fact that the garage doors no longer form function of the curb facing side of the business firm means that windows tin can be placed in the garage wall which tin blend better with the advent of the house.

garage attached side side facing Side facing garage level with the house

Here's a side facing garage towards the dorsum of the dwelling house. If the all-time view and light is available at the front of your home this is a better design than having the garage at the front of the house.

garage within house towards back side facing Side facing garage towards the rear of the firm

Here's a garage floor program with the garage out front and perpendicular to the forepart. This is a nice organization giving a real sense of arrival to the habitation.

garage to the front and perpendicular to the house Garage out front and perpendicular to the abode

Here'southward i of my sketches again to attempt and demonstrate that courtyard feeling. Information technology's the other way circular to the floor plan above and a triple rather than double garage.

Sketch of a perpendicular garage floor plan A courtyard feeling with a set of garages sest perpendicular to the firm

Rear facing garages

Some lots have rear access. All the examples presented above piece of work for rear access conditions likewise. Think about your lot and where the best lite and lord's day (or shade depending on your climate) are and adjust the position of the garage to work with the way you want to employ your business firm and outdoor areas.

Garage underneath your abode

If you're on a sloping site which slopes parallel to your house of down towards the front of your lot a great identify for the garage is underneath your home.

sketch of garage underneath home Sketch of a garage underneath a domicile

Or equally, yous could lift all your accommodation upwards a level (maybe even become a better view) and put your garaging on the ground floor.

Detached garage floor plans

And so now let's move on to garage floor plan arrangements of detached garages.

I find that most of the pictures I've got in this section are of unmarried garages. Just think that single garages don't requite many options for accommodation above, they're a bit pocket-sized.

The best argument for a detached garage floor programme is if y'all specifically want some separation betwixt your garage and your home. For example, if there's going to be a noisy workshop in the garage this might be better ready away from the dwelling.

Here's a garage prepare frontwards of the firm. Make sure you have enough driveway here for backing out.

Much like attached garages, think nigh the way your business firm faces, what you need (shade or sun depending on climate) and think about where the garage needs to be to facilitate what you want in your outdoor areas.

single detached garage to front of house Single discrete garage to the front of the house

Hither the garage is set further back towards the back of the house.

adetached garage to the back of the house Single detached garage to the back of the house

Here's a garage at an angle to the house. I'm not sure I'd go for this floor plan over a forwards, side or rear facing garage, simply y'all might need to if yous want to preserve something on your site like a h2o characteristic or a tree.

detached garage at angle to house A detached garage at an angle to your hosue

Next comes my favorite detached design just it'southward sort of attached and discrete all at the same time because it's a garage and breezeway combination. The garage tin can exist to the front or the side.

I particularly like the idea of this. The breezeway provides a transition between arrival into the garage and arrival into the dwelling house.

garage to the front with breezeway Garage connected with a breezeway

Storage Alcoves

Throughout these garage design pages we've talked about garage storage and how all-time to fit it in. One thought is to include what I call a 'storage alcove' in the your garage floor plan. It can vary in depth and works peculiarly well with attached garages as other parts of the house can be worked into the remaining infinite such as an entry space, stairwell or guest bath.

Here's two examples. The dotted lines correspond the fact that the apse can be of whatsoever size. Just enough to fit some shallow shelving, or big enough to store whatever yous have in mind.

garage storage alcove to the side Garage storage apse to the side

Garage storage alcove to the back

Steps in the garage

Usually there'due south a change in level between the garage and the house. If you're on a flat site this is just one step. If in that location are more steps it these tin can be an obstruction to parking your car.

The door should open outwards from the garage then that when you lot're entering the garage the door doesn't open direct onto the steps. The act of opening the door means you have to step back. It's safer that way.

Garage steps obstructing the parking surface area

This trouble tin can be solved by adding storage or altering the garage shape to shield the parking space from the steps. The location of the garage door moves to accommodate the new garage shape.

garage steps shielded Garage shaped to sheild the steps from the parking surface area.

Garage Offsets

If you feel that the frontage of your garage is a fleck visually overwhelming and then consider breaking this up by offsetting one of the garages.

The garages tin be beginning slightly, keeping the dorsum of the garage as a direct line.

garages staggered with straight back Garage offset with straight dorsum

Or you can endeavor staggering the garages.

staggered garage floor plan Staggered garages

Double Duty Garage

When I saw this garage floor plan I had to include it. That's right - that'south a fireplace in there on the back wall. This garage can be used to park the car during wintertime and during warmer months the car is parked upward elsewhere and the garden furniture takes it'south place and the garage serves as a summertime house. The bi-fold windows tin be opened if information technology's warm plenty.

Double duty garage and summertime house

Garage Doors

This section is simply to remind you that not all garage doors need to open upwards. Would any of these door arrangements serve your garage design needs?

garage doors side sliding Side sliding doors