You Haven't been keeping watch on Matt Lately have you?
Wise asses are abundant here, always will be , I am certain. But Your input was definitely heard, and now you can be certain it was heard, because someones wise ass comment makes it apparent. How better to determine if your post hit the servers?
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Who cares what the "average person" can do? The only relevant person in this case is you. How are we supposed to know if you're above or below average?
- Rich
if you cant handle an 18" clearance with a hanging tennis ball (or any even
1/2 ass attempt to mark a stopping point), its time to put the keys away and give up driving before you kill someone. if you cant figure this out, you're either not trying or, again, should give up the keys before you kill someone.better yet. conduct the 'brady' test. you know, like in that episode where greg and marsha had that contest over who was the better driver. they put the egg on the cone and see how close they could park without hitting it.
randy
life is too long to live with a bullshit parking situation. i swear i know some people that live on a hill, down a short steep driveway after you turn off the steep hill, with concrete walls on both sides so close you cant even open the doors, going really slow so you dont bottom out, with a garage that has 1" of clearance. i guess some people just like to punish themselves.
randy
You're asking someone that is ready to start parking in a garage that was either made according to original plans, or not.
I know a couple that has a 4 1/2" leeway. He hung a couple sections of conduit down, connected together by another section. Then he put a microswitch on both of the hanging arms, with an alarm powered by garage current. When the bumper pushes it, the driver knows.
I prefer my way better. Tall road cone, when the car pushes it, it's obvious. I've got 8 feet more space in front, but that's for my workbench, not a car.
Here's some sharing of experience and ideas then. If I were in your shoes, rather than cutting into potential weight-bearing members, I might have seriously investigated building a sort of "bay window" structure to move the door out away from the current position. I've seen several garages extended this way and it can be quite tastefully done, with a small shingled roof to match the rest of the house.
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So, what are you saying? Surely you don't suggest that I have ever offered anything but the most sincere in replies to the poor beleguared homeowner? Sir, I must challenge you to a duel!
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Good idea, thanks.
Alright Mountain man!............Get out your Banjo, and Let's get this thing going,..........
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