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02-09-2014, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: St. Augustine, FL
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Originally Posted by Glen and Sal
There are some really nice garages that everyone has posted. We just purchased our first MH and want to cover ours also. We have what I think is a pretty difficult spot to put ours, but I think I can work in a 16 x 40 next to our driveway. I might be able to get a couple more feet of width, but it would require a lot more digging. How many of you have 16' wide garages? Is that wide enough, or do you really wish you had gone with an 18'?
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Mine is 16' wide and it allows for opposing slides to be extended and baseent doors to be opened. But......I wish it was wider.
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'02 Ultimate Advantage 40J Spartan MM - Cummins ISC
2013 Jeep Rubicon JK Unlimited
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02-09-2014, 07:10 PM
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#142
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National RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Hi Kix. Thats kind of what i was thinking. So 16' is ok but 18' would be much better. The price difference on the 16' and 18' is pretty small, but really hard and expensive to make it larger afterwards.
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02-09-2014, 07:19 PM
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#143
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: St. Augustine, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen and Sal
Hi Kix. Thats kind of what i was thinking. So 16' is ok but 18' would be much better. The price difference on the 16' and 18' is pretty small, but really hard and expensive to make it larger afterwards.
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If you can afford the 18 the go with it unless you can go even wider. Also, the most length for the largest coach. We have a 40' coach but the building is 46' as that's all the space I had.
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'02 Ultimate Advantage 40J Spartan MM - Cummins ISC
2013 Jeep Rubicon JK Unlimited
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02-09-2014, 09:32 PM
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#144
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Community Administrator
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Marquette, Michigan "Da UP" & Lehigh Acres Florida
Posts: 21,827
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Space and money have a distinct bearing on what size you can have
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02-09-2014, 09:51 PM
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#145
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 174
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Banghead, banghead, banghead,
I believe my head would spinning if I had to do all that coordination. You would in all the years the cities, County's and states have been doing this there would be a central office for handling this. This is awful that the people where you live have to do this.
Donald'Dr.Don'Watkins
Master Sergeant USAF Ret
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02-15-2014, 06:03 AM
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#146
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: WV
Posts: 84
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Ok so my garage is almost done. This turned out to be a great thread. So here's what I guilt 40x60x16 with two 14x14 doors. It has a copper roof and tan sides.
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02-15-2014, 03:40 PM
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#147
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Rochester NY
Posts: 2,706
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Here's mine. When I built the barn, didn't own the motorhome. I put the L-addition on to fit the coach, but the door is only 12' 1". The Journey 'just fits'.
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'07 Winnebago Journey 34H - CAT C7, Koni's, MCU's, SS Bell Crank, Safe-T-Plus
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02-16-2014, 12:27 PM
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#148
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Senior Member
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Spokane, WA
Posts: 698
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pusherman
Here's mine. When I built the barn, didn't own the motorhome. I put the L-addition on to fit the coach, but the door is only 12' 1". The Journey 'just fits'.
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WEW!!...that really looks tight!!
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02-17-2014, 01:57 PM
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#149
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: SE Arizona
Posts: 324
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Our MH Port
When I built my shop, we had a GMC motorhome and one of the bays was built just for it. After getting a Beaver, I built what my wife calls "the motorhome mausoleum" alongside the shop.
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02-27-2014, 09:02 PM
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#150
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: East TN
Posts: 8
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Power, water and septic
So what are you guys doing about power, water and sewer when you build these buildings? How many amps are you pulling? Most of these are much larger then just the motor home so I assume you have shops and kitchens and other stuff in them.
What about water and sewer? Running those too? Do you drain your tanks in the garage? How did you determine where to place the connections, etc.
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02-28-2014, 06:12 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Spicewood Texas (West of Austin)
Posts: 4,514
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I ran 50A service, water, and a sewer clean out to mine. I only have to use a 10' cord to plug in at home. I used the 20A breaker for my lighting and a couple more receptacles.
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2007 Newmar Mountain Aire 4528, 450 HP ISM, Allison 4000, 8 Lifeline AGM's
2019 F250 King Ranch 4x4 Powerstroke - SOLD
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02-28-2014, 02:31 PM
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#152
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: The Land Of Oz RVM17
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Originally Posted by tiger275
So what are you guys doing about power, water and sewer when you build these buildings? How many amps are you pulling? Most of these are much larger then just the motor home so I assume you have shops and kitchens and other stuff in them.
What about water and sewer? Running those too? Do you drain your tanks in the garage? How did you determine where to place the connections, etc.
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We set ours up just like a RV park. If you back in all hookups are on the drivers side at the rear. I put 8 RV boxes like Scotty has with cable and phone added. Inside and out. Three capped sewer drains in the floor. Hot an cold soft water, inside and out. A 200 amp service runs the whole place very easy. Natural gas does the floor heat with separate thermostats in the shop and lounge. A split system on the same boiler. AC is run by electric and the on demand hot water is natural gas. The outside grill and the 1932 magic chief are on natural gas. Cable, Internet and phone are all on fiber optics now. Domestic water is piped inside and out for plants and grass. Pictures are on page three of this thread.
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04-26-2014, 08:25 PM
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#153
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 5
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Washbob's garage
We are trying to decide what kind of carport to build for our rv beside our house. I really like yours and was wondering about how much one like yours would cost to build. Thanks
Kathy in GA
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04-27-2014, 10:38 AM
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#154
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Junior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SE, PA
Posts: 26
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I built 50x50 garage last year. Currently home to my outgoing class c and ready to welcome Monaco diplomat next week. Ceiling it 16 feet high. RV side of the door is 14 foot high. I sized it for 45 ft tag axle some day. 11 inches of double reinforced concrete floor. The other side is for storing other toys :/)
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