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lablover · 07-08-2007, 01:13 PM

I now have the complete 2 car garage for my shop. Deal is I have to clean off the wifes car in the winter

Anyway, I hate that the concrete floor slopes down towards the garage door. I know this is needed for water etc but I want to make it level. Cement is not an option. I'd like to install plywood to make it easier on the feet and back.

What would be a good way to level it? I was thinking press treated sleepers and shimmed to make them level? Glues down with const adhesive?

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks guys

Joe

**Mark** · 07-08-2007, 05:05 PM

Bump.

BrianS · 07-08-2007, 09:42 PM

Is your floor poured inside the walls, or was the slab poured and then the garage built on top of it? If the garage was built first, and then the floor poured, you can actually level the floor by raising the low point. Not sure of the exact science behind it, but several contractors here drill holes in the concrete and pump concreted underneath it to raise the floor. Barring that, then your method should work just fine.

Of course, the raising won't do you any good if the floor was poured that way, but it does work well for slabs that have sunk.

Brian

**bobj3** · 07-08-2007, 10:49 PM

Hi Lablover

I know this can be a PIA but this could be and will be a expensive job

It maybe cheaper to add on a side shop to the garage and just let the floor be.
3 walls and a roof will be cheaper than a floor workover....if you have the room on the side of the garage....or on the back side of the garage...it just takes some 2 x 4 x 8ft. to make the frame and a bit of roof work and you will have a wood shop and your wife will have a garage this winter...

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Originally Posted by lablover

I now have the complete 2 car garage for my shop. Deal is I have to clean off the wifes car in the winter

Anyway, I hate that the concrete floor slopes down towards the garage door. I know this is needed for water etc but I want to make it level. Cement is not an option. I'd like to install plywood to make it easier on the feet and back.

What would be a good way to level it? I was thinking press treated sleepers and shimmed to make them level? Glues down with const adhesive?

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks guys

Joe

lablover · 07-09-2007, 05:13 AM

I wish I had the room to add on. No can do.

The garage is attached to the house and was built after the slab was poured. I;m going to price it out just to see. The bigest hurdle will makin it level.

We will see

Joe

kp91 · 07-09-2007, 07:45 AM

You said the garage is yours, so do you have to move your machines much anymore? If you can leave them stationary, then level the machines out only. A lot of them have means to be made level. If you have to move them a lot, shim them on the mobile bases, and then lay out marks on the floor where you use them. This will make it easier to get them back level should you have to move them to bring Momma's car inside.

Drugstore Cowboy · 07-09-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by lablover

. . . Cement is not an option. . . .

That's a shame -
because the simplest thing to do -- assuming you want it permanently level -- would be to put a dam across the front of the garage (just behind the door if you didnt want to have to make adjustments to it) then pour either self leveling compound - as the name implies - it goes on thin enough that it seeks its own level.
Or if you didnt mind doing a little minor trowel work -- sand topping mix is great for smooting off and leveling up to 2".

I definitely AGREE with you on the foot and back issues that cement aggrivates -- having recently poured a cement floor in my garage/shed/shop. It was formerly dirt (try sweeping up sawdust off THAT).

**bobj3** · 07-09-2007, 08:59 AM

Because it's woodworking shop you want it does'nt need to be a slab it can be a deck type add on...

by removing a window in the garage you will have a door way to the shop from the garage....

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Originally Posted by lablover

I wish I had the room to add on. No can do.

The garage is attached to the house and was built after the slab was poured. I;m going to price it out just to see. The bigest hurdle will makin it level.

We will see

Joe

lablover · 07-09-2007, 09:08 AM

Did some measuring this morning and it slopes 4.5 inches in 20 ft. Wow..Darn tools want to scoot out the door down the driveway. I was thinking of cutting each 2x4 and a few 2x6's each one..ughhhhh..But then again, I dont see any reason each one has to touch the cement. I could frame it like a house would be (floor that is) the joists just float over a certain width (like over your basement) This would save me from having to cut each joist. I think!!!..No wait..I'd still have to cut each one because they would hit the floor...Aghhhhhhh

Whats a good way to secure 2x4's and 2x6's to cement???

Joe

**bobj3** · 07-09-2007, 09:19 AM

Joe

That's a big drop WOW,,,,if it's going to be your shop just put in a wood floor, rib the joists board and glue them down to the slab then put down the sub floor....

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BrianS Registered User Forum Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windsor,Ontario Posts: 321 View BrianS's Gallery	Is your floor poured inside the walls, or was the slab poured and then the garage built on top of it? If the garage was built first, and then the floor poured, you can actually level the floor by raising the low point. Not sure of the exact science behind it, but several contractors here drill holes in the concrete and pump concreted underneath it to raise the floor. Barring that, then your method should work just fine. Of course, the raising won't do you any good if the floor was poured that way, but it does work well for slabs that have sunk. Brian __________________ A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing! Last edited by BrianS; 07-08-2007 at 09:45 PM.
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kp91 Marine Engineer Forum King Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 873 View kp91's Gallery	You said the garage is yours, so do you have to move your machines much anymore? If you can leave them stationary, then level the machines out only. A lot of them have means to be made level. If you have to move them a lot, shim them on the mobile bases, and then lay out marks on the floor where you use them. This will make it easier to get them back level should you have to move them to bring Momma's car inside. __________________ Doug 1 John 1:9
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lablover Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 127 View lablover's Gallery	Did some measuring this morning and it slopes 4.5 inches in 20 ft. Wow..Darn tools want to scoot out the door down the driveway. I was thinking of cutting each 2x4 and a few 2x6's each one..ughhhhh..But then again, I dont see any reason each one has to touch the cement. I could frame it like a house would be (floor that is) the joists just float over a certain width (like over your basement) This would save me from having to cut each joist. I think!!!..No wait..I'd still have to cut each one because they would hit the floor...Aghhhhhhh Whats a good way to secure 2x4's and 2x6's to cement??? Joe
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