Behm Design

Customers who buy our garage plans often ask about what they need to do to get started with their garage building project - what is the typical scenario?

Trusses are the most common roof structures used in residential construction today. Jay Behm, owner of Behm Design Garage Plans, offers this explanation of how they differ from traditional rafter/ceiling joist-framed roof structures.

Looking for more space in a new garage? Consider the roof. Lofts can be easily built within the shape of the roof. Add a stairway and create possibilities.

Are you ready to work on your car with your own automotive lift/rack? If so you will need a garage to accommodate 12 ft. (or possibly more) interior vertical clearance. Behm Design offers (12) garage plans designed for automotive lifts.

There's never enough storage in your garage unless you have an attic space. And, luckily, this is the most economical way to gain space when you are building a garage. Behm Design now offers large collection of (62) garage plans with attics.

Need more living space? Or a secondary living unit for rental income? Behm Design currently offers 25 garage plans with apartments of various sizes and configurations for your selection.

Extra space for work area, automotive or woodworking shop is, at best, designed and built into your garage project.

You can now recreate the timeless appeal of Craftsman-Style in your new garage. Behm Design has created a selection of garage plans which have the correct details, proportions and scale of the early 20th C. Craftsman-Style residential buildings.

Recreate the timeless appeal of 18th C. in building your new garage. Behm Design has designed a collection of garage plans incorporating the details, forms and proportions as represented in the restored Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia

Behm Design has created a new line of heavy duty garage plans. Customers often asked about heavying up the standard garage plans we offer and they are now available - bigger, stronger, better.