Hey guys. I am building a new house at the end of this year. I am designing my garage right now and I need to make the ceiling in it high enough for maybe an H2 or a jacked up 4x4 truck. Can you please try to give me some kind of idea of what height a raised truck would be? I know, there are all different heights that you can jack them up to. I just need some idea of a average raise. I read on the hummer website that it is 81 inches tall. I would like it jacked up a bit from factory height. Is a foot a big difference? I am talking a foot with bigger tires, so a foot total? That would be an eight foot door. Is a seven and a half foot vehicle pretty tall? Please give me your suggestions.

Sorry about my ignorance, but I am into lowered trucks but I love guns and hunting and I may go *** backwards and get a jacked up truck in the future and I would just like to be prepared. Thanks.

 

I am a home builder and a general garage door for most homes wont fit an H2. We last house we built the home owner had a 03 expedition and that barely made it in. You will need a door that has one section more than a regular door. Most doors are sectional aluminum and have 4 main sections. You want a door with 5 sections to get the needed clearance. We usually use Wayne Dalton doors, they are a good quality doors. You will need to plan the rest of the garage around the taller door unless you have plenty of ceiling clearance. Depends on your truss system. Give me some more info and I can help you out.

 

If you lift a truck a foot...........that is gonna be a big bitch!! You can fit 40" tires under that. I dont know what my truck height is, but it will not fit in a 7' door, but it will fit in a 8' door. I am guessing its between 87-89 inches tall to the top of the roof. That is with 6" of lift and 35's......

 

benpimpin1, I guess like 1BADHD said, 1 foot is a lot so 8' would be my door size I guess. Right now my drafter has nine foot ceilings drawn. Wait a minute, I am going to have arches over my windows and garage doors, If my door is 8' tall then that leaves me 1' to my eave and the arch will barely fit. Well I guess I'll have to do 10' foot ceilings. By the way benpimpin1, my whole house is 10' ceilings except the 2 kids rooms and their own bath, and utility room and 1/2 bath. Would it be that more expensive to make those rooms 10' also? Does it save that much to drop those 5 rooms to 9'? I know it is hard to answer these broad questions without more info but I just want to know that if generally if 65% of your house is 10' ceilings will the other 35% of 9' ceilings save that much money, or would it save any? I would like to make the whole house the same height. If it helps, the house is 3400 sqft. Thanks.

 

I have a regular normal garage door. My truck is is stock height except for the 33 inch tires. I only have a few inches before left before I won't fit anymore.

 

If you are building your own house, get it built w/ a 9' plate (or 10' if $$$ allows or deed restrictions for the neighboorhood) that will allow the fitment of an oversized garage door. I built mine w/ a 9' plate and have a taller door.

 

The ceiling height all depends, the truss system is what determines ceiling height. It shouldn't be too much more expensive to raise the ceilings but you have to have your plans drawn up like that. Its not something fun to do after the fact. If you are doing vaulted ceilings it tends to be a bit more because of the added drywall and more labor but if its a flat ceiling then it shouldn't be bad. As for the windows above the doors your garage is most likely a gable roof so you may just want to raise your lintel a block or two up and you will gain the added height for a larger door. Note*** Reseach door sizes first and make your openeing for your door before the plans are drawn. We do all of custom homes and we have lots of peolpe that want certain things but don't know the cost before hand. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH!!! It will make your life much easier if you plan it all out before hand, believe me. Things that may seem easy to do later often times are not. Is your house block or frame? 2 story 1 story? gable roofs? or hips? Gables are easier to raise the ceiling in then the hips are.

 

Oh...almost forgot your garage door hangs down almost a foot from the ceiling remember. Look at how your garage door now, you must make enough room for the opener. Or it may not have enough clearance.

 

Thanks for the help. Can you tell me if it would be much more to put 10' ceilings by knowing the following info? It is a one story home, slab foundation, and brick. I don't want windows above. The garage door is not going to be on the gable side. The gable is north and south and doors are east and west. I am assuming that the arch that will go over each 9' wide door will take about 1' make. Then I have horizontal bricks in bthe shape of the arch. So that is probably calling for a 10' ceiling. But anyway 10' cost much more than 9'? ( now that you know a little more info)

 

It shouldn't cost much more if any if your home is still in the design stages. I would go ahead and keep the whole house consistent otherwise you will regret it later. You may have to scrap the transom window above the garage door to get the desired clearance. Tell your architect or designer and they should be able to help a little better. Kinda hard for me to give advice without seeing the plans, but I will do my best. The ceilings shouldn't be any problem though.