Hi all:
Our driveway is in need of complete replacement and as part of our discussions we are considering moving the driveway entirely to possible free up room for a later addition to the house. This would involve keeping the same garage, but having the cars enter the garage from what is now one of the "sides" of the garage. So basically it would mean moving the garage door to an adjacent (perpendicular) wall from where it is now, and then pouring a new driveway to a new opening. I assume this can be accomplished by framing a brand new opening on the side of the garage and just closing the existing hole up. Are there any major issues I am not aware of with this? The only thing I can possibly see is that the garage floor, which is now sloped towards the existing opening for drainage, wouldn't be sloped correctly for drainage anymore. Is this a code issue? Because if not I don't think this is something that would cause me great concern (the house itself is up a foot from the base of the garage, so it'd be protected from any major water issues.
Thanks in advance for any guidance.