How big is a garage?

This is how you define the term garage

• The word garage also comes from the French and means "to keep safe". That is why the definition of the garage is also that the building is solid walls must have, is lockable, a roof and is usually intended for passenger cars. A carport does not adequately fulfill this anti-theft function because it is open on at least one side, even if it is the same size.

• There is now a distinction between how big the garage is and how it is used. It can be a double garage, a single garage or a communal garage where a large number of vehicles can be sheltered.

How big it is depends on various factors

How big your garage Ultimately it depends on a few factors. First and foremost, of course, of how much space you have, because if you want to build a vehicle shelter on your property, you can largely determine the dimensions yourself. Of the

building and the operation of such shelters is regulated by building law in Germany. Buildings up to 100 m² are small, from 100 m² to 1000 m² medium-sized and from 1000 m² large buildings.

• It is stipulated that the parking space must be at least 5 m long and 2.3 (if there are further parking spaces on the right and left) or 2.5 m wide. With cars of today's dimensions, that is sometimes quite tight. Take a look at the prefabricated shelters of the 70s, you could run into problems there if you want to park a van of today's size.

• The border building law applies if you are planning to build the vehicle shelter directly on a property boundary, depending on the federal state, different rules and dimensions apply that must be observed.


Building a garage - how to measure correctly

If you want to build a garage afterwards, of course you have to do a lot ...

• If the shelter leads directly onto a street, an area as large as a parking space in front of it must be available, in rare cases exceptions can be made here.

• If you are considering buying a prefabricated garage, you will get the current sizes. Here you usually have to take the dimensions that are offered if you have one yourself If you want to build a car shelter, you are of course free to measure it, provided the building authority has your plans has approved.

• A prefabricated double version is usually smaller than two individual parts, but you have in the middle no wall and are more flexible, especially if you choose a double gate instead of two single ones decide.