1 Car Garage Plans
Why Choose 1 Car Garage
It is difficult to find one such property that is without any provision of a car garage. Even if we find such home that was originally without a car garage, it is certain that the car garage must have been constructed later by the owner of the house. The medium strata, who believe in owning one car for the sake of their convenience, consider the presence of at least 1 car garage along with their homes. Some people consider the option of 1 car garage not an economical viable option so they get the car garage plan designed in such a way that a 2 or 3 car garage can be built for the parking of their prized cars.
Now the trend is gone when people used to just pick up few wooden logs or boards and constructed a shift garage for their cars. Such kinds of car garages are not considered enough or in vogue. Now is the time when people pay just equal attention towards car garage plans as they pay towards the architectural plan of their homes. A good 1 car garage plan is an economical option that can perfectly house a single car along with some decent room also for other things. Car garage plans must be deliberated and planned in such a way that it has the approval of the building permit and complies with all necessary building codes and regulations.
A car garage plan is paid considerable attention by the property owners because now no one parks their precious cars just outside their lawns or along the drive way. This parking proposition is no more considered viable or practical. Due to great rise in report of theft of vehicles and related vandalism, the car owners now choose to take no risk of their cars or other vehicles. They get their car garage plans ready thus to get constructed functional car garages that would house their cars with great care and security. Plus there are few other factors also that call for protection of vehicle such as snow fall, rainfall, hail storms, wind storms, sand storms etc.
Some of the consideration and deliberation that need to be put into practice while designing a good car garage plan are as follows:
- The contractor or the designer must take into consideration the size of the main house, the number of cars with the owner before designing the car garage plan. The standard size of the car garage should be enough to park the desired or specified number of cars.
- Good car garage plans must consist of a comprehensive list of all those materials that are to be used in the construction of car garage. It should also have the details pertaining to the foundation plans and the electrical schemes. All these details are important as they are significant factors to maintain the structural unity and integrity of the car garage.
Those who believe in deriving most out of everything, get their car garage plans designed in such a way that the car garage also serves the purpose of being a mini store house and some time an additional leisure room when there are some celebrations or functions.
You can download our reviewed car garage plans here.
Oakville Workshop 1 Car Garage
All of the projects around your place would be much easier if you had a sheltered place to work, with room for all of your tools and work tables and storage space for your supplies. You need a workshop. And, you can get started on one right now with theseĀ plans that are included with your order of the Barn Building 101 download.
The Oakville Workshop is a practical 1 car garage with a storage loft and a 12x24 shop area at the side. It's perfect for auto restoration or car care. But, the big overhead garage door makes it work well as a woodworking shop if you're planning on building large projects.
Oakville Expandable 1 Car Garage
The Oakville series of garage and workshop plans starts with this sturdy, 16' wide, one bay detached garage with pull-down stairs to a high and dry storage loft. You can build yours at 22', 24' or 26' deep. Leave plenty of room on either side. The downloadable blueprints include drawings for 12' wide expansion sheds for more storage space or garage bays or for your hobby shop. Construction of this building uses standard 2x6 studs and 2x8 roof rafters.
Candlewood Pole-Frame 1 Car Garage
Build this little, all-purpose pole-frame building as your 1 car garage, workshop, shed, tractor shelter or backyard studio. It has a parking area for one car, small truck or yard tractor, an extra area for a workshop and tools, and a storage loft with a convenient outside door and lift post. Exterior finishes are up to you. You can match the appearance of your home or use vertical boards and barn style details.
The construction drawings include floor plans, general specifications, exterior elevations, building sections, large scale details, dimensions and engineering standards for all framing and footings.



