Thread: Looking at a hoist - how high for a D4 body off?

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

I guess the question is, what are the likely needs to body off at home? If it’s to get to the engine to work on it, then it’s probably enough to be able to gain the access you need.

If I look at the house I’m building, the garage is a 31c ceiling height, which is about 2700mm. Barely doable, but possible

If you are building and serious about adding a hoist, then if your garage roof uses a standard truss design between the ceiling and roof it could be changed to a cathedral type design with larger (deeper) rafters and a collar tie at half height which gives greater internal space but no change to the external height.

It opens up all the wasted space that standard pre-fabricated roof trusses create.

This could easily give you an extra 300-400mm above the car footprint.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Living space is so overrated.

Yep, ive been told many times "you live in your garage" by SWMBO, so maybe there's truth in that. A cathedral ceiling and a hoist,a fridge and couch in the corner, I'd be in my Nirvana