Standards and dimensions of parking spaces according to GOST

How to choose a suitable parking spot

Many summer residents get to their country home by their own car, so upon arrival one serious question arises: “Where to park the car.” If you don’t want to leave your iron horse under the fence on the street side, you need to make a parking lot for it inside the site. It can be arranged in different ways. But first you need to decide where it is best to locate such an object.

Experts recommend parking the car as close to the front door of the house as possible. Then it will be easier to unload and bring into it food and things brought from the city, and then, when leaving, load canned goods and harvested crops into the trunk. If the gate is located far from the main entrance, it is better to arrange parking right next to it.

If there are no buildings near the entrance, the car will be flooded with rain and covered with snow during bad weather, and sand and leaves will settle on it in windy weather. Therefore, it is rational to make a platform for a car on the side of the house. Then at least one wall will protect the car on one side. When choosing a place and end, experts advise not to rush, but to observe where the wind most often blows. This will help you find the safest place for the car.

Parking at the side of the house Source shednation.com

Many, trying to protect their motorhomes from car thieves and burglars, rush to park the car right under the windows of the house. Experience shows that this is not the best place for parking. Firstly, all the greenery, tightly adjacent to the walls, is trampled down; flowers and trees cannot be grown on this heel; the panorama opening from the windows of the house suffers from this. Sometimes the car alarm goes off at the wrong time and wakes up everyone in the household. If there are elderly people and children in the family, such inconvenience often leads to a heart attack or hysterical crying.

The most common option for organizing a parking space is a place near the gate. In this situation, internal space is saved; a convenient path leads from the site to the house, which can be decorated very formally and, with the help of landscape gardening, make this part of the site very presentable. This is convenient if the gate is located next to the house. When both objects are located on opposite sides, you have to carry heavy loads by hand, loading and unloading the car.

Parking near the dacha gate Source avatanplus.com

The area under the car must correspond to the dimensions of the vehicle. If the owners drive a passenger car up to four meters long, the parking space should be 5x2.5 m in size. For jeeps and minivans, an area of ​​6.5x3.5 m is required. You can find a place for such an object in your dacha by opening the site plan and looking at how the main buildings are located. Modeling helps to facilitate the solution of the problem. You need to cut out a square on colored paper, on a scale corresponding to the dimensions of the vehicle and the scale of the site plan, and then apply it to different sides and see where the parking will “work” best.

Parameters of a parking space in an open parking lot

According to established SNiP, a standard passenger car is allocated a site with the following dimensions:

• width – up to 2.5 m;
• length – at least 5.3 m.

Important! When allocating parking space for a car, the area hidden by the markings is not taken into account, which additionally takes about 0.1 m2.

Designers assume that an ordinary car has average dimensions of 4.4x1.8 m. Accordingly, according to GOST, a space of 13.25 m2 is allocated for it. The area per car in different situations can only vary upward. Based on the established parameters, it is easy to calculate the required parking space. With a parallel type of arrangement and a gap of 1 m, two cars will occupy 4.4 + 1 + 4.4 + 1 = 10.8 m in length, and with a perpendicular one, 4.4 + 1 + 4.4 = 9.8 m. Comfortable exit for the passenger will be ensured with a width of 1.8+1=2.8 m, which is consistent with the requirements of the regulations. During herringbone parking, 8.8 m is allocated for the length of the car, and the occupied area will be at least 18 m2.

Arrangement options

Once the problem with choosing a location has been resolved, you can begin arranging the parking lot. You can organize it in different ways. The easiest way is to make an open parking lot.

The easiest way is to park the car directly on the lawn. But this option has its drawbacks. If you constantly park the car in the same place, a dense tread mark will form under it. Over time, the grass underneath will wrinkle and die, and bald spots will appear, which will be very difficult to restore. If you don’t have the desire or means to set up a permanent parking space, you can simply level the intended area and cover it with artificial turf. In this way, you can immediately solve two problems: maintain the presentable appearance of the green lawn and protect the ground from the pressure of wheels.

Parking a personal car on the lawn Source gongmedia.ru

An area covered with crushed stone or stone chips

This parking arrangement option is considered the most practical. In addition, such a parking lot looks quite aesthetically pleasing. To arrange the site, you need to remove the top fertile soil 10 cm thick, pour curbs along the edge, make a sand cushion at the bottom and lay a layer of gravel, crushed stone or stone chips 15 cm thick on top of it. All this will allow you to slightly raise the parking lot above the main soil level and prevent accumulation of water inside the rubble. Experts recommend pouring two concrete strips in the center of the parking lot to make it easier for cars to enter. There should be a distance between them equal to the distance between the wheels.

Parking lot for personal vehicles covered with rubble Source pinterest.com

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Concrete parking lot

It is much more difficult to build, but it will last longer. It can be developed only in those regions where the soil is not prone to swelling. Such a parking lot is constructed as follows:

1. Markings are made , a base is formed, and soil 20 cm thick is removed inside its perimeter. The space inside is cleared of debris, grass roots and other plants.
2. After this, a layer of sand 10 cm thick is poured inside, it is poured abundantly with water, after which the pillow is thoroughly compacted.
3. Formwork is being installed along the perimeter of the future parking lot . It can be made from edged boards.
4. place a laying mesh on the surface of the compacted sand and fill it with the first layer of concrete. Its thickness should be at least 5 cm.
5. Once the first layer of pouring has set slightly, you need to lay the reinforcement and fill it again with a five-centimeter layer of concrete on top.

The screed will take two or three days to dry in warm weather. If the sun is strong, experts recommend flooding the area with water several times a day. This will then further prevent cracking of the top surface of the screed. After three days, you can walk around the parking lot with your feet; the car needs to drive into it no earlier than three weeks after filling.

Concrete parking area Source pinterest.com

Parking lot made of paving slabs

If the soil swells in the spring, after a couple of seasons the durable concrete parking lot will become unusable; the screed will simply break open from the inside and crumble. In such cases, only the choice of tile material can save the situation. In order for the finishing coating to withstand the load of the machine, for the designated purposes it is worth choosing tiles with a thickness of at least 6 cm.

Anyone with basic construction skills can lay paving slabs for a dacha parking lot. The main thing is to build the foundation correctly. For an area with periodic entry of a passenger car, you must:

• mark the surface;
• cut off a layer of soil 20 cm thick, compact its bottom;
• make a cushion from crushed stone (it is important to choose a material for this with a fraction of up to 40 mm);
• lay geotextiles on top;
• build a sand cushion on top from a mixture of sand and cement in proportions 5x1;
• lay tiles ;
• fill the seams with a mixture of sand and cement.

If all layers are well compacted with a hand roller or vibrating plate, the parking lot will be level and the paving slabs will last a long time. If the base is poorly compacted, depressions will appear in the parking lot very soon.

Parking lot made of paving slabs Source 1nerudnyi.ru

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Parking lot made of stone

In order for it to function normally, it is necessary to first construct high-quality drainage. To do this, the parking lot is first marked, then a hole half a meter deep is dug. Ditches emerge from it to a depth of 10 cm below the pit. In them, fine crushed stone is laid at the bottom, geotextiles are laid on it, and pipes are mounted on top (they need to be taken out into a special drainage well, which is located outside the site). The pipes on top are again covered with geotextiles and filled with crushed stone.

A geotextile film is laid at the bottom of the pit, and a cushion of two layers (crushed stone and sand) is constructed. Each one is carefully compacted. A rowan grouse mesh is spread on the sand, a layer of crushed stone 10 cm thick is poured onto it. A layer of screenings (a mixture of sand and cement) is placed on it. Each time after backfilling, you need to walk over the surface of the site with a roller and thoroughly compact the base. The final stage is laying the tile stone. The seam between two adjacent modules is filled with a mixture of cement and sand.

Open stone area for car parking Source sandstone.by

Natural stone is an environmentally friendly material; during operation of the parking lot, chemical components hazardous to human health will not evaporate from its surface. The parking lot will be very durable, wear-resistant, and outwardly it will look very respectable. And if you manage to connect it with the house using a path paved with the same stone, you can create a rather beautiful frame for landscape design.

Paving options and types of stones are selected taking into account personal preferences and financial capabilities.

Parking for disabled people

In some cases, when delimiting places for long stops, it is necessary not only to pay attention to the scale of transport, but also to which driver will use the parking services.

Special attention both on the road and in parking areas is paid to such a category of citizens as people with disabilities. It is they who often need additional space that would allow them to freely get out of the car in the parking lot, use available means (strollers) and not experience discomfort when passing through areas crowded with vehicles. Therefore, the size of a parking space for disabled people is separately specified by state standards and for a passenger car is:

• 3.60 m wide;
• 6.20 m long.

An error is allowed for such figures, but not more than 5 cm.

Important! Requirements for leaving cars for groups of the population with disabilities are established in the Code of Rules 59.13330.2012, as well as GOST standards 51256-2011.

In order to prevent other persons from leaving vehicles in such specially equipped parking lots, the disabled parking area is usually marked not only with the “P” sign, but also with an informational “Disabled” sign. If other citizens place their car in such a parking lot, the latter will have to pay a fine of 5,000 rubles.

Parking with canopy

When the owners come to the dacha for a long time, it makes sense to build a canopy over the open area. You should not install it high, in such a situation the canopy will turn into a sail. It will be shaken by the wind, and the car itself will remain accessible to side precipitation. To determine the correct height, experts recommend using the formula (the height of the car plus the height of the possible load on its top). On average, it turns out to be 2-2.5 m. Canopies are usually installed as follows.

A concrete base is also installed, support pillars are installed immediately, if tile material is used to arrange the parking lot, the supports are pre-concreted, and only then the base is poured.

Parking at the dacha with a canopy made using wooden beams Source yastroyu.ru

Types of parking by type of car placement

Based on the operational characteristics of passenger cars, it is possible to place them in specially designated areas in three ways:

• parallel to the direction of movement;
• perpendicular to the main axis of the road;
• “herringbone” (at an angle to the main direction of traffic).

Each option has pros and cons for specific road conditions. In each case, it is worth considering that the width of a parking space for a GOST car for passenger vehicles is limited to 2.5 m. This format will allow you to freely open the door of a medium-sized car without touching the car standing next to it.

Parallel type

The method of installing the car involves placing it close to the sidewalk along the main roadway. A significant disadvantage of this configuration is the ability for a large number of cars to park in a certain area. This type of car location is relevant for narrow city streets. The disadvantage is that a car parked parallel to the sidewalk can easily be blocked by cars located in front and behind. It is difficult for new drivers to escape from such a trap.

Perpendicular parking method

The car is positioned at a 90 degree angle to the sidewalk or road. The format allows you to squeeze the maximum amount of transport into a small space. Not all drivers can easily position the vehicle body in this way. In addition to the positive of compactness, the method has a disadvantage. Statistics prove that it is when leaving such parking lots that a significant number of minor accidents occur. Drivers should be especially careful in heavy traffic. We recommend using someone’s help, who will tell you the timeliness of the maneuver to leave.

Herringbone parking

For large spaces, parking lot owners may suggest placing cars at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the sidings. From above, the platform with transport resembles Christmas trees. It is believed that this type of arrangement is most convenient for novice motorists. It is much easier to enter the desired area than to a perpendicular area. However, even with a visually high density, the workload of the herringbone is one third less than that of its perpendicular counterpart.

Improvement of parking space

Your car always needs to be looked after. It will be easier to do this if you make the parking lot both comfortable and beautiful at the same time. For this, experts recommend:

1. Provide electricity to the parking lot (this is not a whim, not a waste of time, light under a canopy or in a garage will allow you to park safely at night, repair your car, and load and unload the trunk without any problems).
2. Bring water to the parking lot (you can simply run and throw a watering hose, install a pump, then you can simply wash your car and save on trips to car washes).
3. Take care of the drainage system (it is installed on the water discharge side).
4. Carry out landscaping of the surrounding area.

The last point is not mandatory, but if the parking lot is properly designed using landscape design, it will turn from a purely technical object into one of the design elements of the local area and will become part of the summer cottage. If the parking lot has a canopy, it can be decorated with climbing plants. Anyone who chooses them correctly will be able to create a cozy green office for their transport space.

Landscaping of a parking lot at the dacha Source autotrader.ca

The open area needs to be landscaped along the entire perimeter, branched trees and shrubs should be planted along it. Conifers planted in a row (arborvitae, dwarf fir, juniper) look very decorative. When there is a desire to create a joyful mood, the entire area around the entrance should be turned into a flower garden. Flowerbeds in which redbeckias, petunias, and zinnias were planted always look great.