Posted by MoparNorm on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 10:05AM :
In Reply to: OT: Shop Design on door spacing posted by Will (in IL now) on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 10:03PM :
8 to 6 feet between doors would be perfect, each vehicle in a bay could them have it's doors open with room to walk around, or vehicles being assembled would have plenty of room to walk around with tools etc. That would put the centerline spacing of 12' doors at 18' to 20' feet. It's simpler to just use feet between, regardless of door size, start out at the corner, go 6' to the door opening (8' if you want a stall to park against the wall out of the doorway) and then 12'-6'-12' and so on. Here in CA we can't do that because we need a certain percentage of wall surface for siesmic shear strength, you will need that also for wind loads etc., so check with your local codes before getting too far into it.
MN