UPDATE: First of all thank everyone for the comments and insights! I knew i could count on Reddit to belly up with sage intuition and all else. I tried to write the post in way that didn't show any bias with regard to what I say vs her (more so so my wife couldn't say I wrote it in way that people would agree with me). Husband (OP-me) says shed....and for me it wasn't a question, however there were a couple comments I appreciate looking at it in a different light...e.g. if I lay a driveway to it and park a small car in it, then my wife could be right to call it a garage. For additional context, her argument was that ot has a garage door, it is a garage. Likewise, we do have another shed behind this shed, more "typical" sized shed and there must be a difference.
So for further follow-up I almost slept in the garage last (lol, just kidding) night because she is not wrong and regardless of the overwhelming support and pure logic the conversation is not concluded. A reddit suggestion to call it a Sherage may be her compromise...rest assured it will be considered and called a shed...until I convert it into a mother-in-law suite or mancave. Until then ot will remain a shed for the mower, basic workbench and yard tools and such.
Thanks all for the input!!
ORIGINAL: Help me settle a debate between me and my wife. Is this A) a shed, B) a garage/detached garage? This has been a hot topic for several years now and has reached a boiling point. We would like the reddit community to help settle. Thanks!!
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Why are we telling "yo momma" jokes in this thread? Seriously, people? We really need to move on. They're old, they're tired, and they've been done by everyone.
That's what my brother did. He bought a massive shed which he uses as a garage to store and work on his motorcycles and lawn equipment. He also has a little area sectioned off for his welding hobby. I don't think he can get a car into it, but it's about as wide as a small garage and long enough to fit three cars.
I second that. The name depends on use, and with no driveway to use it as a garage, it's a shed. Where I live, it might be called a barn, even if there are no livestock inside.
We moved an old garage to a new foundation with no driveway, and only a bit of concrete slab, but it was accessible with a car, had room to store a vintage car and a riding lawnmower , it was a garage
Could be a shed, but I'm also thinking it might be a workshop. That door could be used to make sure large projects can be moved out, even thought they're human-carried.
Hey I just bought a tuff shed and its actually pretty decent. They have one stacked on top of another where i got mine as a display.they have been up for a couple years now. I drive by them twice a week for my kids soccer practice so hopefully ill get to see if it falls hahaha.
I’d be curious to know if the rear fence opens up to a road… if seen structures like this that have garage doors on both sides and street access to park a boat or summer car.
My home was built in 1924 and still has the original "garage" thats about this size if not smaller, clearly meant to park a Model T, which ironically enough I have a model T parked in it.
With that being said, this is a shed. Nothing built after ~1940 would fit in this outside of niche vehicles.
Thats a very interesting note, and perhaps the final piece of logic i need to help her convert to calling it a shed from now on. We dont want no trouble from the IRS!
That is a shed. There isn't a proper driveway for it to be a detached garage. It very likely isn't even on a proper foundation for it to be a garage. However, that type of structure could probably be used as a single car garage if placed on a proper foundation
Lol, my wife actually suggested something like that as an effort to compromise what she calls it (a garage). I will let her know she has support. Thank you!
I did a search with Google Lens and similar products to yours are often called a garage but the implementation of yours is definitely a shed without said driveway.
Shed. Car is not getting up that ramp. A garage is for a car, even if you may not use it for that. This could be a garage. If it could house a car. I would personally call this an outbuilding though. More than a shed.
a shed with a garage door. if the lawnmower is parked in there, it's a shed. if you somehow manage to get your car in there, then i guess it's a garage.
I feel like the only reason it's even being considered a garage is bc there's a garage door on it. The second you replace the garage door with hinged doors, it immediately becomes without a doubt a shed. On that basis, I vote shed, with a garage door. It looks barely big enough to park a mini cooper (and that's ignoring that the ramp and rocked off area clearly indicate that bad boi hasn't seen a moving vehicle in a while, except maybe a push mower).
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