So I'm building a garage in the back garden roughly 5x5 m long by 4.5m wide, it's up against the fence to my one neighbour so my height limit is 2.5m, it will have a flat rubber roof, I really want to fit some sort of ramp, my thoughts are most ramps are approx 2.8 m high so I can lower the floor, I'm then thinking if I build a box frame roof with a 3-600mm skirt around it and put a 4 port ramp in the middle I can then fit adjustable height props to suit the height of whatever car and lift the car and roof at the same time, what are everyone's thoughts on this, I'm thinking if I build it to suit it won't really cost more

 

I just bought a low rise set of ramps, they are really good and I don't find the restricted height anything of a problem at all. I used a Strongman lift, it was about Ł2000

 

could you dig a pit as an alternative? A lifting roof sounds cool though.

 

probably cheaper to dig the footings deeper and lower the floor than raise the roof.

 

Digging a pit is an option but I don't want one, I could lower the garage but the drive leading to it will also be a patio so don't want it sloping down, the other option would be lower the garage partly into the ground and use the ramp to lower the car down but I don't want steps,
If I get a 3 ton 4 post ramp it will easily lift a car and the roof so that seems my option at the moment, or no ramp

 

when you get started can you do a 'build thread'? would be really good to see how you do it. To cover the gap when lifted could you use some sort of profiled steel sheeting like they use on the upper sections of barns? They have a ventialtion gap up the back usually anyway so would slide up and down past the rest of the walls easily.