DerMaddin
2022-03-03 16:01:23
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Hello everyone,
I need your collective intelligence for brainstorming.
We have two garages plus a shed next to each other. I’ve attached a small drawing.
The whole thing is built with masonry and has a concrete ceiling.
Here’s the problem. The damn doors are simply too small to drive in properly, since the driveway is in the middle of both garage doors and then widens shortly before the garages.
I can only get in properly with folded-in mirrors, and that’s even though we don’t have a big car and actually have a larger one planned.
Also, the garage is very low, especially at the very end you can already hit your head :D
What options are there to turn these garages into a double garage?
Removing the wall in the middle and then putting in beams will probably be difficult because everything is already so low.
Are there cost-effective ways to lift the concrete ceiling, then build up the walls and insert beams so that I can tear down the intermediate wall?
Or tear off the roof, build up the walls and put on a new roof?
I just wanted to ask what can be done that is still somewhat manageable in terms of effort and cost.
I’m happy to do as much as possible myself.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Martin

I need your collective intelligence for brainstorming.
We have two garages plus a shed next to each other. I’ve attached a small drawing.
The whole thing is built with masonry and has a concrete ceiling.
Here’s the problem. The damn doors are simply too small to drive in properly, since the driveway is in the middle of both garage doors and then widens shortly before the garages.
I can only get in properly with folded-in mirrors, and that’s even though we don’t have a big car and actually have a larger one planned.
Also, the garage is very low, especially at the very end you can already hit your head :D
What options are there to turn these garages into a double garage?
Removing the wall in the middle and then putting in beams will probably be difficult because everything is already so low.
Are there cost-effective ways to lift the concrete ceiling, then build up the walls and insert beams so that I can tear down the intermediate wall?
Or tear off the roof, build up the walls and put on a new roof?
I just wanted to ask what can be done that is still somewhat manageable in terms of effort and cost.
I’m happy to do as much as possible myself.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Martin