Garage - New construction, Floor coatings and Car Lift opinions / Ideas?

[gnihcraes]

They’ll probably grade/build the form one day, then come pour the concrete the next morning. I’ll come over the night in between, and we can dig down a few more inches to thicken the slab where the lift will go!

Almost too late for this, gravel base will come in on Monday I believe, they will finish grade and pour soon after. It will be ok, builder said he typically likes a 4-5 inch pad.

I suggest a 4 post over 2. The 2 needs X concrete under it for an anchor, where the 4 post works with less. The 2 post once installed is stuck there, forever. A 4 post is movable, but doesn't allow a vehicle to be lifted as high as a 2 post. Either way plan on 10' walls with (depending how many door) the lift placed in center door. Myself i would have built the garage around what ever lift you chose, not the lift around the garage.

Since I've never worked with either 2 or 4 post lifts, the 4 post would appear to be in the way and need other items like a trolly jack or something similar all the time if you were working on a wheel/brake or trans. Again, no experience with any of them.

Walls on the one side are 10 ft, with higher truss to make 12 foot height.

I'm building based on a the drawing the wife approved and paid for. It was what she wanted to "see" and match the style of the house and not a basic cheapo garages-R-us builder.

City rules, regulations were already limiting factors in what could be built and how, then my wallet was the next limiting item. Finally had to cave to the city and their crappy rules. Losing fence, flag pole, 100 feet of yard to make it work per their rules vs. 30 feet of driveway and leave all the rest alone. sucks.

Size requires a full foundation too = $$'s