Do you park your vehicle straight into your garage or back in?

[poconojoe]

I have a two car attached garage and I always park straight in, I never back in.
My reason is because I don't want to expose my house to exhaust fumes. If I drive in forward, the tail pipe is facing out and the same thing goes for when i start it.

My next door neighbors back their vehicles in.

Doesn't that expose the garage/house to exhaust fumes?

If the garage wasn't attached (part of the house), it wouldn't matter.

What does everyone think? Am I being paranoid?

 

[Scott Danforth]

one vehicle pulled in straight, one vehicle backed in. so that the doors that can open are in the center

 

[redneck joe]

why are you running the car so long in the garage? Start up, back out.

That said, backing in when parking is always the safest. Just ask and company with a fleet. Developed by FEDEX back in the day.

 

[Earl Cordova]

I have a company vehicle, and they always say to back it in.
But I rarely do that on any vehicle,
and only back in when I have something to load in the trunk.

 

[poconojoe]

why are you running the car so long in the garage? Start up, back out.

That said, backing in when parking is always the safest. Just ask and company with a fleet. Developed by FEDEX back in the day.

I never run it. Just start and pull out. But just doing that, if backed in, wouldn't that expose my house to exhaust fumes? Especially during startup when it's running a bit rich. Or no?

I always back in if just parking in the driveway. It's more convenient, perhaps safer when pulling out. I get that.

 

[poconojoe]

I have a company vehicle, and they always say to back it in.
But I rarely do that on any vehicle,
and only back in when I have something to load in the trunk.

Yeah, but with the company vehicle, are you backing it into a garage that is attached to a building that's occupied?

 

[poconojoe]

If I were to back in, by the time I maneuver my Silverado into my garage next to my boat, I would think the garage would be unnecessarily exposed to exhaust fumes. I would thing it would be best to keep the tail pipe out toward the open garage door.

 

[Scott Danforth]

doesnt matter much if you back in or drive in when carbon monoxide is present. you are worried over nothing.

 

[redneck joe]

agree with scott. If your house door automatically closes like mine (and I think some codes now require that) and you don't warm it up with the overhead closed it is a non issue.

 

[poconojoe]

agree with scott. If your house door automatically closes like mine (and I think some codes now require that) and you don't warm it up with the overhead closed it is a non issue.

So your door between the house and garage closes automatically. Thats interesting.
So that is code now. Makes sense.
My house is 25 years old, so it doesn't do that.

 

[dingbat]

From a safety stand point, backing a vehicle out of a parking space has the highest probability of an accident. Fleet vehicles are backed in simply to minimize the risk.

Code (local) dictates an attached garage be sheeted with fire proof drywall and inside doors are fire proof.

Don’t know about the self closing aspect. Fire proof precautions where in place when I built my last house in 1990.

Carbon monoxide sensors are now code as well

 

[poconojoe]

I'm kind of surprised at the answers I'm getting from you guys. No insult, just surprised. I really thought you would all agree with me. I guess I'm just being over cautious or even paranoid!
I asked the question because I regard you all as very knowledgeable.

 

[bruceb58]

I stop my engine and roll my car in and out to avoid carbon monoxide.

 

[poconojoe]

I understand the accident safety point. I prefer to exit my driveway forward as verses backward. I get that.

Maybe I'm paranoid because I've been exposed to carbon monoxide more than once on the job.
I can never forget the two incidents. I was working high on a lift installing light fixtures. Once was at the Javits Center in NYC. We were setting up a show. They were bringing in equipment with forklifts and we were high up on lifts.
Another time was a similar situation at Kennedy Airport and I felt flu like symptoms. It ended up being carbon monoxide from the blood test results at the hospital.

 

[poconojoe]

I stop my engine and roll my car in and out to avoid carbon monoxide.

Ha! Good for you!
My Silverado is a bit tight in there to do that since it shares the garage with the boat.

 

[racerone]

Well-----A carbon monoxide monitor is less than $50.00------Time to place one here and there to see if there is a potential problem !!

 

[poconojoe]

Well-----A carbon monoxide monitor is less than $50.00------Time to place one here and there to see if there is a potential problem !!

You know... that's a good idea!
And I just had to replace one in the house! Duh! It's service life had ended.
Should have bought an additional one for the garage! Double Duh!

 

[redneck joe]

as far as auto closing door, it is really a closing up a bit situation - really more to keep the pets in rather than CO2 out. I run back and forth quite a bit. It is a spring loaded hinge that just replaces the one already on there. Pretty cheap to buy a pair, I just used one.

And my garage is lined with OSB. Definitely not fire rated.

 

[racerone]

-----It is the build up of CO ( carbon monoxide ) that is the silent killer.----Not CO2

 

[Grub54891]

I understand the accident safety point. I prefer to exit my driveway forward as verses backward. I get that.

Maybe I'm paranoid because I've been exposed to carbon monoxide more than once on the job.
I can never forget the two incidents. I was working high on a lift installing light fixtures. Once was at the Javits Center in NYC. We were setting up a show. They were bringing in equipment with forklifts and we were high up on lifts.
Another time was a similar situation at Kennedy Airport and I felt flu like symptoms. It ended up being carbon monoxide from the blood test results at the hospital.

Well inside like that, they should run lp lifts, or electric. I believe OSHA requires it.