Considering an RV Garage

I have to agree with CapnDan and others who advise to build bigger. I originally was going to build a smaller building, but I wanted room to grow, and to stora a boat as well as the RV. I talked with several builders, and found the perfect match for us. He did an outstanding job, and now, 3 years later, I could not be more pleased. We ended up with 36x48, with 16' ceiling; 16x14 pull-thru doors, and 6" reinforced concrete pad.

I took out a permit myself and did the electrical, and subbed out insulation and sheetrock (5/8"), and paving. I really like it, and recommend you consider building larger than you think you need now.

Don't know how costs are there but here in northern Michigan we built a 60X54, 3 bays plus 4th RV bay, 4" concrete except RV bay which has 6", 10' ceilings in 3 bays, 16' in RV bay, 2 man doors, 2 windows, power door openers on all. Went with 16' with 14' door so that we could have ceiling height to work on roof of motorhome. 60X20' concrete apron in front of barn. Steel pole barn building style with 2" insulation in walls and ceiling. All permits and fees. $71k no permanent electric yet. Maybe overkill but it is the first time I have been able to house all my toys and junk inside and I love very bit of it. I took my builder's advise and figured the size of everything I intended to put in it and added 10% to the size. Good advice. Yes you could use funds in a lot of other ways but there is a great pleasure in being able to wash/wax coach while it is cold and stormy outside. Sounds like you have a pretty fair quote but get several. We got 6! It gave us the opportunity to meet a variety of builders and see if we clicked. Sort of like a marriage. We chose ours, not the cheapest, based on his willingness to come out on a Sunday morning, have coffee with us and discuss our dream barn for over 2 hours. The end result is a great barn plus a new good friend. It means a lot to us.

With only one roll-up door, there will be little access to the rest of the building when the RV is in. Consider another door and, if you can, going a bit higher on the RV door. Maybe a sliding door if you have room.

Johno02 wrote:
When we considered building one for our small class A, the response from everyone was why spend money to cover something that should not be there?? Use the money to buy gas, and go! So we did.

Good point, but the hot Arizona climate takes a toll on everything even for what little time it would be here.

" 30x30x14" with a 12 ft roll up door" may fit your Lance Model 1985 now, but what about a few years down the road. Surely you will upgrade some day.
I got caught...I built a RV port for my Class C only to find that my Class A would not fit.
Better plan ahead. If I could do it over, I would not have built it.

When we considered building one for our small class A, the response from everyone was why spend money to cover something that should not be there?? Use the money to buy gas, and go! So we did.