Folklore wrote in message . ..
For 10 years I fairly succesfully shared a 2 car garage with 1 car
(SWMBO's) and for a couple of years even parked mine in there. The
past 3 years SWMBO has not been able to park in there as much as she'd
like during the winter (this is Minnesnowta btw.) I think the phrase
is "I'm sure my subaru can handle any tool or piece of wood in it's
way."

After considering numerous options the only place I can find to go
with my shop is up - as in a 2nd floor above the garage. We don't
have enough room on our city lot to go out and all of the options I've
looked at for renting space aren't really workable.

I'd really appreciate thoughts on this. I think the biggest negative
is getting material up and projects out. I will have a stairway down
into the garage, but that still won't be ideal. One thought is to do
something like a hay mow with barn doors on the driveway end over the
garage door and bring stuff in this way. Maybe with a chain motor
sliding along an I-beam. Problem is it can't stick out all the time
and I don't want it jutting into the shop all the time since it'd take
up overhead room.

Any thoughts on this project, positive or negative, would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Folk...
What is the size of the usable space in the garage attic?
Was it designed to handle the load that you want to put up there?
Get rid of junk in garage that you don’t need.
Put shed in back yard for non-woodworking junk you want to keep.
Keep rough lumber and plywood sheets in your half of garage
Make big tools mobile and keep in your half of garage
Do most of the light work in the attic shop.
Do final assembly of big parts in the lower part of the garage.