Guide library
GarageTurn planning guides
A side-entry garage is a system: vehicle geometry, the clear door opening, the approach angle, the opposite hard boundary and the way the site will actually be used. This library groups those questions so you can solve the right problem instead of chasing one generic minimum dimension.
Doors & clear openings
Choose and measure the opening the vehicle must actually cross.
Approach & layout
Understand where the turn happens before you commit the building and driveway geometry.
Vehicles & turning geometry
Use real dimensions instead of assuming every vehicle in a category behaves the same.
Measure, build & verify
Reduce expensive surprises between a first sketch and finished hardscape.
How to use the library
- Measure the real hard constraints—not nominal plan dimensions.
- Run the current layout in the simulator.
- Open the guide for the constraint that fails or feels tight.
- Change one variable at a time and save scenarios for comparison.
- Field-check low-clearance layouts before permanent work.
Turn the advice into a geometry test. Run your vehicle and garage dimensions in GarageTurn →