How high should I make my ceiling in my new shop,,,10 feet or 12 feet

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oi81b4uu812b4 said:
Might want to check building codes for your area, township, county… Mine won’t allow an outbuilding roof peak to be taller than the first floor roof peak of the house on the property, or 14’-6”. And no pole barns or steel sided barns were allowed in my township , couldn’t be built forward of the house, couldn’t be more square feet than the first floor of the house, couldn’t be more than 1/3 of the property from the front wall of the house to the back property line (defined as backyard).

I put in a 2,400 sq ft brick carriage house that matches my house to shut up the neighbors that complained. And they still complained.
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Shite like that is one of the reasons we moved out of the suburbs 3 years ago. Too many restrictions on what you can and cannot do….
 
Desoto291hemi said:
Hi guys ,,I thought I would get some ideas before I get to the final stage where I have to make a decision .
I’m building a shop,,or I’m just beginning the stage of pouring concrete .

All my friends tell me I need at least a 12 foot ceiling if I plan to have a lift later .
I was planning on a 10 foot ceiling,,but I haven’t finished my plans yet .
They say to have a few trusses made with a cutout to clear the top and make it 12 foot clearance .
I don’t know if I will have a lift at all yet .

Any experience with this before,,,I’m willing to listen to the guys with any ideas .
Thanks .

Tommy
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I’d go 12! Lifts are nice!
 
12’ at least. while my picture doesn’t show the whole bay (for those of you with garage envy), putting my Ram1500 on the lift cannot go to the full extension if I want to fully stand underneath it (I’m 5’10). My lift is a two post without a top bar
 
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AAR 64Valiant said:
If you cant raise the ceiling lower the floor.
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I have a height restriction in my hood
12.5 foot peak built the pole barn a foot out of the ground but then would have door problems so filled in around it to the 10ft ceiling height it tapers up to about 11 in the middle...installed an in ground if I open the door with a car all the way up it will hit the car
Sad part is my building is on solid sand stone had to pay my friend to bring in a machine with a jack hammer said he couldn't hear for two days after
 
I've had 2 shops, one 16' tall, this one is 12' tall. I have a 2 post lift with this shop. I am only 5'10" so even with my pick-up on the lift I am ok. Biggest mistake I made is making my big door 10'x10' with a standard garage door as my main door. I wish I had my small door 10'10' with the other door as big as possible
 
At my house 12.5 is the limit
At the shop can't have a living space over a mechanic shop
So when I put a gable over the flat roof could only go so high
Think I would have to get farm assessment to do that
 
Just added a man door to my old pole barn
22 years of pulling open a garage door
What an improvement
 
Desoto291hemi said:
Hi guys ,,I thought I would get some ideas before I get to the final stage where I have to make a decision .
I’m building a shop,,or I’m just beginning the stage of pouring concrete .

All my friends tell me I need at least a 12 foot ceiling if I plan to have a lift later .
I was planning on a 10 foot ceiling,,but I haven’t finished my plans yet .
They say to have a few trusses made with a cutout to clear the top and make it 12 foot clearance .
I don’t know if I will have a lift at all yet .

Any experience with this before,,,I’m willing to listen to the guys with any ideas .
Thanks .

Tommy
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12 ft minimum and provisions to easily add a restroom! Pour the floor thick enough to accommodate a 2 post just in case. Voice of experience!
 
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