Metal Garage Kits: Have you built one?

[Larry Callahan]

Metal Garage Kits: Have you built one?

What would you do differently?





We will be building a garage type storage unit in the back yard. It needs to look like the house in roof style and color. It needs to be large enough to hold two cars and additional space for things like yard equipment, car parts and the normal garage junk.



Due to the space that it must be built it needs to be narrow and deep. Something like 20” wide by 30” deep. We will do a concrete slab under it but not one thick enough for a lift. The ceiling height also needs to be kept as low as reasonably possible.


It will just be for storage. There will not be any electricity or water or insulation. I will put a solar powered battery operated garage door opener on it. I intend to use the two parking spots on a near daily basis eventually. Cost and visibility are the big driving factors in it being short, without power and water or having a thick slab.



It won’t be used to work on cars or to spend much time in it. We have a typical 2 car garage and that’s where all the work will be done on the cars. This new shed is just a place to keep them and stuff when not being used or worked on.


Who makes a good kit? What would you do differently? What should we avoid?



Thanks everyone!