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Joe

10-03-2000 07:55:55




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I am in the process of building a workshop and about ready to pour a concrete floor. My question is should the floor have a slope to it or would it be better to have it level. There is no plumbing or floor drains in the shop. Any suggestions out there?




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Dave in Mo

10-11-2000 09:26:48




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
Most all residential double/triple car garages are poured with a slope of 2" on 20 ft towards the doors. I've never seen a garage that wasn't eventually hosed out. I'd also make it 6" thick with lots of mesh or even rebar. My 2 cents worth.



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Crazy

10-05-2000 08:00:04




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
Hi Joe,
If you are not going to have any drains in the shop I think you should probably put a slight (keyword slight) slope towards the overhead or sliding doors. A drip edge is also a very nice feature especially if you have overhead doors, this will allow a nice seal from the bottom of the door and prevent water from running into the garage.
Hit the floor twice and let it go. If the surface is worked too much you will have a very smooth but also very slippery surface. Avoid a broom finish as it will be very difficult to keep clean and will be much dustier. A sealant is also a very good idea it will help during cleanup and keeping the dust down. Make sure you sawcut the floor (usually done the day after the pour)You can typically rent a floor saw for about $50 for 8 hours and trust me it will be well worth it. This is how we pour the majority of the polebarns in our area. A 32X40 area should cost you about $2500 bucks if you do the prep work and get friends to labor. If you know anyone that works with crete you could probably get hooked up with a couple finishers on a sat. I would pay them about $150-$200 each (included in my total). If we contracted this out we would probaly charge about $4800 with minimal prep (no material) Just my $.02 worth.

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Bud

10-03-2000 17:35:48




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
As a side note, here's what I added. I am a commercial welder, so I am always fabricating things on the floor as I am building. When pouring my slab I buried two old railroad irons in the slab with the tops just flush with the floor surface. I made sure these were dead level. I also connected the ground cables of one of my welders to them. Then I poured concrete over the whole works. Now I have a flat level surface which I can tack objects to, and now I have one less ground cable clutting up the floor surface. When I am finished, i just grind the tack burs smooth and start on the next project. Works great!

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Al

10-03-2000 17:27:35




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
just built a 40X60 shop, have a level,smooth floor with a sheet of plastic and 1 in. insulating board under the cement. sure helps in the cold winters up here in NE WI. I also made the cement 6" thick.



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Scott Green

10-03-2000 16:18:13




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
I need to put a floor in my shop. I've had many experienced people ask me how I'm going to do my floor. Will I have a drain , no drain , slope to the center , slope to the sides , etc.. Most of them recommended no drain. And have the whole floor slope towards the over head door. Have the floor almost level , but not quite. Very little slope. I liked it. That is how I'm going to do my floor. Also , don't finish the floor so that it is like glass. It'll be very very slippery.

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ltf in nc

10-03-2000 11:43:33




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
Pour it level but remember to put poly under the floor. Seal the floor after it is poured. If the pour is more that 24 X 24 ft put in expansion joints. If you are going to have doors step the sill down about 1 inch on the part of the sill that is under the door and extending to the exterior. This prevents rain from blowing under the doors.



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MikeH-Tx

10-03-2000 10:27:38




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
The only reason I can think of to give it a slope is if you are also installing double doors and enough space to work on a vehicle inside the shop. In other words, if you might want to hose down the floor and have the water run off in a particular direction.

I vote level.



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Dave

10-03-2000 08:41:56




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 Re: Workshop floor in reply to Joe, 10-03-2000 07:55:55  
I'd make it level. That way if you're building something, you can use a bubble level to check if things are vertical or horizontal like they should be. This is hard to do if whatever it is isn't sitting on a level surface. Many machine tools also need to be on a leevl floor. A level floor will also keep little round things that you drop on the floor from rolling away so much. Then maybe it would be nice to slope it because then you'd always know which corner they rolled into. I'd build level.

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