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RV Garages:
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Do-It-Yourself Garages
These days, you can build just about anything yourself; including RV garages and, you can find quite a variety of units.
If you want something to completely enclose your RV, some web sites will help you design a one-car, two-car or multi-car garage with a gable or hip roof, windows and doors. You can have side walls as high as fourteen feet, so the garage will provide shelter to your RV, camper, car, and/or boat.
On the other hand, you can get a steel structure, essentially a roof and two partial walls to provide some basic cover for your RV. Of course, a critical factor to consider when getting something minimal is your local building code.
If you live in Florida, Georgia or some other southern state, they may have rules regarding such structures when it comes to hurricanes. So, before selecting something like that, check with your local building department.
Simple, Basic Units
If you want an RV garage that is a little more substantial, there are companies that have reproducible vellum drawings or CAD file packages of free-standing buildings that can fit any RV you might have. A search of the Internet will yield a vast array of such firms, with full catalogues of buildings.
In some cases, you just pick out the one you like; with others, they allow for changes. Once you have settled on one of the array of RV garages, they will send you the plans. After that, you create a site plan and get a building permit from your local building department.
It is wisest to check with them first, before you even buy the plans. Sometimes, they will want the plans to be signed and sealed by an engineer or architect. If that is the case, check with the company providing the plans and see if they can do that.
If not, you’ll have to find one locally. And, bear in mind, they charge for that and it’s generally not cheap; a hundred dollars or more is not uncommon.
Now, you might ask, why does it take so much money just to sign and seal some plans for RV garages? Well, it’s because the engineer/architect is certifying that the building will meet all the local codes.
If, after it’s built, something goes wrong, the engineer/architect can be held liable. Think of it like malpractice for a doctor.
Also, check with your local zoning department. Very often, they have rules regarding how close to your property line and adjacent buildings you’re allowed to put up RV garages.
You do not want to go to all the trouble of getting plans, getting them signed and sealed, only to find out that you won’t be allowed to build RV garages.
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