Sometimes it can be difficult to find a garage plan that meets all your specific criteria. The Garage Plan Shop offers a modification service to help you modify your garage, outbuilding, pool house, or shed plan to meet your needs. When you complete and submit the online modification request form, our team will provide a free modification quote for your desired changes before you purchase construction drawings.
Typical plan changes include:
- Adjusting the overall dimensions making the plan larger or smaller
- Adding or removing a garage bay
- Changing the garage entry from front to side
- Converting the exterior wall framing from 2x4 to 2x6
- Adjusting the ceiling height
- Modifying exterior elevations such as changing the roof pitch, adding/eliminating windows, etc.
- Redesigning the living space of a garage apartment
- Creating new spaces such as a workshop, storage area, or living space above the garage
- Reversing the plan (right reading reverse if it is not already available)
Some commonly requested changes that we cannot provide are listed below:
- Modifying or engineering the plan to meet local building codes and/or engineering requirements
- Combining two different plans into one plan (due to copyright laws)
By following these simple steps, you will discover our garage modification service is easy to use.
- Determine the changes you want to make to your desired plan.
- Click on the “MODIFY THIS PLAN” link on the plan page for your desired plan.
- Complete and submit the modification request form to receive a free, no-obligation quote. Be as specific as possible when describing your changes and refer to rooms, spaces, and other features on the floor plan the same way they are labeled. For example, if the garage floor plan refers to a workbench, then use “workbench” in your description rather than “workshop”. Additionally, provide detailed descriptions of your changes as if you were looking at the plan from the front of the garage. Use key words such as “to the right,” “towards the front,” and “on the upper level.” Give dimensions when available. Use “width” when referring to measurements running left to right on a floor plan, and use “depth” when referring to measurements running from front to back. Finally, if you have a sketch or marked up floor plan illustrating your desired modifications, you can upload up to six images at the bottom of the request form.
- Within one to three business days, you will receive an emailed, no-obligation quote for your desired changes. The quote will list the cost for your modifications plus the cost for the PDF or CAD file needed to legally change the original copyrighted garage plan. NOTE: It is necessary to monitor your inbox and your junk/spam folder for your quote. Sometimes modification quotes will end up in your junk mail.
- Follow the instructions provided in your emailed quote to place your order for the PDF or CAD file, make payment for the quoted modification fee, and move forward with your desired changes.
- Approve the preliminary drawings/sketches of your specified changes if provided by the modification team. NOTE: Any extra modifications requested after your original changes have been submitted will incur additional charges.
- After receiving your approval of the preliminary drawings, the modification team will make your changes to the construction drawings. The modified plans will be emailed directly to you upon completion.
Other critical information:
- Our plans and modifications are drawn to meet national building codes. Our modification team cannot modify the plans to meet any specific, local building codes. We do not guarantee the revisions made by our team will meet your local building codes. It may be necessary that you hire a local engineer, architect, or another qualified design professional to review the modified construction drawings further to ensure they comply with your city, county, or state/provincial building codes.
- Our plans are not stamped or sealed by an engineer or architect.
- Modification quotes are valid for 30 calendar days.
- All modification requests must be submitted in writing via the online modification request form. (Verbal requests are not accepted.)
- All plan sales are final. We do not offer refunds or exchanges on any plan purchase. Please be sure to review our Terms and Conditions before placing your order for modifications.