Slope In A Garage Floor

And i was wondering if there s some way to slope the garage floor without completely rebuilding the garage.

Slope in a garage floor. This is no accident. One side is about 4 5 and the other side is around 5 4. I mean you can add an additional layer of material to the garage floor and slope garage floor from high to low. Here is the citation from the international residential code irc.

Typical slope of 1 to 2 degrees towards driveway. They may have made it 1 4 per foot just to. We have an attached two car garage with the size of about 21 x 21. It is usually 1 8 to 1 4 per foot.

Aci 117 90 st andard specifications for tolerances for concrete construction and materials gives a level alignment tolerance of 3 4 inch for top of slab elevation of slabs on grade. In most cases the angle of the slope is gentle enough to be barely perceptible. At a very rare occasion i measured the slope on both sides of the garage. Concrete floor oodles of empty space and a floor that turns out to not be level.

So i did more measurement in the garage. Garage floors unlike floors inside your home are sloped to promote drainage. First the floor may be so out of level that the garage floor does not meet the bottom edge of the door. Garage floor slope question hello this is a very dump question.

In the winter the runoff from whatever snow is on it just pools on the floor in the garage. Your garage looks absolutely perfect for a gym. A 2 slope will probably ensure better drainage we could also find no slope tolerance for use when a floor slope is specified. Second and far more critical is when the garage floor has begun to tilt backward toward the house.

However an out of kilter garage floor may require leveling when two critical scenarios happen.