How To Level Garage Floor Slope

They may have made it 1 4 per foot just to be safe.

How to level garage floor slope.

The apron extends the width of the garage floor. And a floor that turns out to not be level. This represents 1 or 2 degrees of slope just enough to mess you up. Leveling compound is specially designed for evening out a small slope in concrete.

If you have a drain in your garage floor then the floor can t be level at all since the slope of the floor has to pitch towards the drain. My wife and i built a house about 10 years ago and we have a 2 car attached garage. After all it s always easier to add material to bring the rest of the floor to the same level as the high point than it would be to remove. And the problem is is that the floor of our garage is not level.

First the floor may be so out of level that the garage floor does not meet the bottom edge of the door. The result is a level floor that you can refinish and use as a base for new laminate wood or tile flooring. The slope can be flat though. Due to building codes a garage has a minimum slope towards the opening of 1 8 per foot.

Nothing is more frustrating however when you have areas that puddle and don t flow toward the drain. When you want to level out the low spots ensure that these spots are dry and smooth with no oil stain and clean from any waxes or dirt. 1 attach one end of the string level to the wall of the garage furthest from the main door. And so when water drops off the car from rain or more particularly ice and snow it drops off onto the garage floor and starts to go in different low spots on the floor.

Water from the driveway often boosted by overflowing gutters and downspouts begins to flow toward the house itself. Second and far more critical is when the garage floor has begun to tilt backward toward the house. Typical slope of 1 to 2 degrees towards driveway. The apron s length depends on the required slope more length is needed to reduce steep slopes.

This can be done by taking a measurement inside the garage from the concrete slab to the top of the foundation wall. The apron in front of the garage smooths the transition for the vehicle from the driveway into the garage and acts as a barrier to debris and moisture. This is no accident. The first step in leveling a garage floor is to determine the high point of the floor.

For more serious slope fixes a combination of leveling compound and cement evens out the surface. Drains are another consideration.