Pwtr02ss home build

[THE YETI]

Don't be gay

I'm taking about the width at garage entry.

Our main drive will be 12', which is what the gravel is now.

I'd say the width of the garages at minimum. Be kinda weird being smaller and having half the garage entry grass and the other concrete

 

[mountie]

Would banking the driveway help?

Not when you are carrying groceries….

 

[mountie]

Can you find a large parking lot where you use cones and chalk to mock it out and with your vehicles try real world type approach to see how large an area you need

Or, just follow Mountie's method and brake going into the turn and accelerate exiting, as you are not entering a straight away but the garage so mastering this technique may be challenging

Some one has been watching an old TV show called Batman….

 

[pwtr02ss]

Can you find a large parking lot where you use cones and chalk to mock it out and with your vehicles try real world type approach to see how large an area you need

Or, just follow Mountie's method and brake going into the turn and accelerate exiting, as you are not entering a straight away but the garage so mastering this technique may be challenging

Turning radius of a crew cab Silverado (regular bed) is about 25'. That's how I estimated the 35' depth. Was looking for real world experience with this setup. Google says 25-30' is standard, but I'm not sure that's enough.

I'd say the width of the garages at minimum. Be kinda weird being smaller and having half the garage entry grass and the other concrete

Maybe I should word it differently for you. The depth, maybe? Like, how far out from the garage is a comfortable distance to get a full size suv pulled in the garage. I've never had a side entry garage. Want to get it right the first time, without over kill. I'm thinking 35' should be sufficient.

You're having a version of a side entry, what's your planned width (or depth) to enter the bay?

 

[tuckerrnr1]

When I was starting out in construction, one of my employers tasked me to go to Palm Beach and build platforms and mockup windows at elevation so the owner could stand and look out the "window" and decide changes before we broke ground saving a lot of time and money on changes and setbacks. That's why I recommend mocking in a parking lot and use the vehicles you have to determine real world dimensions

 

[mountie]

Garage entry paint

 

[pwtr02ss]

When I was starting out in construction, one of my employers tasked me to go to Palm Beach and build platforms and mockup windows at elevation so the owner could stand and look out the "window" and decide changes before we broke ground saving a lot of time and money on changes and setbacks. That's why I recommend mocking in a parking lot and use the vehicles you have to determine real world dimensions

Thank you for your input. I was being lazy...

If they get the shop pad graveled next week, I'll have the house footprint flagged, based on the aerial survey photos to see how it looks. From there, we'll adjust in real life. I'll be able to mark it and test it then.

I was just trying to get info from those who live it daily

 

[mountie]

Turning toward the garage door, to comfortably line up to enter, …… in photo….. position left tires at the gutter’s edge, then left turn and straighten, facing garage entry….
In photo, I measured 40’ from garage door to gutter…. then add 8 or 10 feet more distance for your drive up to driveway entry.

So, 50 feet ?
( In Google Map, the car on driveway is our Infiniti QX50.

 

[THE YETI]

Turning radius of a crew cab Silverado (regular bed) is about 25'. That's how I estimated the 35' depth. Was looking for real world experience with this setup. Google says 25-30' is standard, but I'm not sure that's enough.

Maybe I should word it differently for you. The depth, maybe? Like, how far out from the garage is a comfortable distance to get a full size suv pulled in the garage. I've never had a side entry garage. Want to get it right the first time, without over kill. I'm thinking 35' should be sufficient.

You're having a version of a side entry, what's your planned width (or depth) to enter the bay?

Ah yes. Depth makes sense now. My old house was side load. I’d have to think about depth on that but it was about 30’. Plenty for my wife to pull up, swing out, and back her suburban in. Same with my 06 Silverado crew cab.

I have not given any thought at all to our driveway since we are around 5 years out from deciding that. I’m als
Not 100% sold on our garage configuration just yet either. But we have quite a while to figure that out.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Turning toward the garage door, to comfortably line up to enter, …… in photo….. position left tires at the gutter’s edge, then left turn and straighten, facing garage entry….
In photo, I measured 40’ from garage door to gutter…. then add 8 or 10 feet more distance for your drive up to driveway entry.

So, 50 feet ?
( In Google Map, the car on driveway is our Infiniti QX50.

Ah yes. Depth makes sense now. My old house was side load. I’d have to think about depth on that but it was about 30’. Plenty for my wife to pull up, swing out, and back her suburban in. Same with my 06 Silverado crew cab.

I have not given any thought at all to our driveway since we are around 5 years out from deciding that. I’m als
Not 100% sold on our garage configuration just yet either. But we have quite a while to figure that out.

Thank you both for the input. I'm going to lay it out at 35' and see what I think. Don't want to waste, but want it to be right

 

[mountie]

Thank you both for the input. I'm going to lay it out at 35' and see what I think. Don't want to waste, but want it to be right

The first 12 feet of the actual driveway is your turning……. into driveway... then straighten ahead to enter onto actual driveway pad. Without feeling cramped.
Especially if you park on left side.
( Keep in mind, your left-side tires will be parallel to the gutter edge ( as per photo)

 

[Geotrash]

Thank you both for the input. I'm going to lay it out at 35' and see what I think. Don't want to waste, but want it to be right

Be sure to leave enough extra room for our Airstream to park there, too. The better for us to "moochdock" with.

And if you can have a 50A RV outlet, water spigot, and septic drain installed there too, that would be great!

 

[THE YETI]

Be sure to leave enough extra room for our Airstream to park there, too. The better for us to "moochdock" with.

And if you can have a 50A RV outlet, water spigot, and septic drain installed there too, that would be great!

Good call. You might need interior climate controlled parking as well in case there’s a Lamborghini/Ferrari/McLaren that stops by.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Done and done. Just lacking the storage and septic currently. Suppose that's half done and done

 

[pwtr02ss]

Apparently it snowed at home so not sure I'm gonna get my pad graveled

 

[THE YETI]

Done and done. Just lacking the storage and septic currently. Suppose that's half done and done

Does the septic usually go in last?

 

[pwtr02ss]

Does the septic usually go in last?

It depends on the builder. The guy digging my footers will be the one that installs the septic. Not sure if he'll do it first or last.

Not the same guy that's done my grade work. This guy is a certified surveyor and lays out all of his jobsites, so he'll also do my staking and elevation shots, then build a gps model, using the drone imagery I posted the other day. Pretty interested in seeing how all this works

 

[pwtr02ss]

Nothing really got done while I was on vacation. They worked the Friday that we left, but just at the entrance. They started cutting a new swale to pull the water away from the retaining wall and redirect to both catch basins that are by the road and driveway. They also started cleaning up the sides of the driveway. There's piles of brush stacked up along side that need to be moved and burned.

I went out today while one of his guys was out there. They cut more of the hump out the pad, closest to my house. Reworking the slope closest to the catch basin. It was still pretty wet when they started today, but dried out pretty good by the time I got out there after work.

If the weather will hold out, the logs should be gone, sides of the driveway cleaned up, slopes seeded and strawed, and the pad graveled by the end of the week. He said he's going to try to have all of that done anyway. Main thing is logs moved, that small section of dirt under the logs moved, and the pad graveled. If all that's done, I'll have the footprint staked or at least flagged from gps data by the weekend. If I'm happy with it, I'll get it final staked asap.

Here's a few pics I took today. Looks the same, because photos don't really show well. Didn't take any of the front. It was getting dark by the time I left and I forgot.

I'm sure you're all as tired of looking at dirt as I am. Hopefully a change comes soon

 

[pwtr02ss]

Stopped by after my MRI. They got the sides of the driveway cleaned up and rough graded, but no top soil. The pile is still too wet. Grade on the pad is polished, logs are gone. Plan to gravel the pad and driveway tomorrow. Going to wait until the top soil pile dries out before we attempt that, but the main thing is gravel. I'm pretty excited and I really hope it happens.

I didn't take any pictures, sorry.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Grading guy sent this a minute ago. Pad is finished and gravel is on its way