wnjj wrote:
Have you tried pulling forward into the driveway extension?
No, I haven't. But I should give that a try. To be honest, I'm still trying to either adapt my old habits to the new garage, or develop new ones. Now's the time to experiment and figure out what works best.
It's funny how a seemingly minor change can have such a big impact on how you do routine things. Like, just pulling our cars into the upper bay. The front of the garage is about 2 feet closer to the asphalt than the old one was, so turning into my opening is different. To end up going through the doors straight, we need to swing out wider than we used to.
Every once in a while if I'm daydreaming while I pull in, I'll do it like I used to and end up aligned in the doorway wrong. Sometimes I'm able to save it by making a few last minute corrections, but most of the time I just end up having to back out and do it again. Those are the times when I'm glad I don't have any neighbors that can see me doing stupid things. :S
wnjj wrote:
Oh, and are you sure the door is big enough? It looked like a tight squeeze backing In there. ;):B
Har! It was you guys that convinced me to build a 14 ft. high opening. I'm glad I listened, too! You wouldn't believe how much we agonized over the door width, though. Sixteen or eighteen. Eighteen or sixteen. As it turned out, there wasn't a significant difference in the price of an eighteen and a sixteen foot wide door. And, I had actually told the concrete finisher to shape the slab for a sixteen foot door. But we had talked about both sizes so much that he got confuzzed and shaped it for the wider door. It all turned out for the best in the end. I'm glad I can pull in next to the camper without having to deal with tight clearances now.
:):)
