buying garage with black top floor options..

[spun vtec]

Im planing on buying a garage near my house Its 21x36 and in decent shape. It also has a 30x110 lot with it because the house that was in front of it burnt down.

the bad:
It has a blacktop floor

Im wondering what I can do to the floor because I dont wana tear up the black top and have concrete laid. That would be too expensive.
I was thinking about G-floor garage floor protector made by B.L.T.
It is going to cost about 1500$ (I work at lowes thats 10%over cost)

The snap together tiles would cost about 2000$(10%over cost)

Ceramic tile would be cheaper only 500$ total But I bet it might crack with jackstands and jacks and stuff gettting beat on it.

I dont think vct tile will work over blacktop.

anyone have any other ideas

btw this site rocks

 

[boiler7904]

I'd use the black top floor as a bargaining tool. Have them lower the price. Use that money to put in a concrete floor. You'll likely be disappointed by anything else.

 

[ersatzs2]

the bad:
It has a blacktop floor
anyone have any other ideas

Wow. I'm with boiler, you've gotta get concrete down. It's a pretty good sized pad so yes it'd be expensive. So how about just do one bay initially so you've got a place you can work. Park things on the blacktop section, but do your wrenching on the concrete pad. I'd rather have 1/3 floor with level concrete than a whole floor of racedeck over asphalt...

Bet with a pick and wheelbarrow you could clear one bay out yourself in a couple weekends...

 

[gerry]

Have you considered just painting it? I never found blacktop was all that bad to work on if it was smooth, but the fact that it is black will make ti mighty hard to find anything that gets dropped on it if your are inside with limited light. Perhaps paint working areas with street striping paint in white or yellow until you can come up with another solution

 

[hitek]

Any idea how thick the asphalt is? Smooth?
Having raced and pitted on an asphalt surface....one concern I would have is jackstands "sinking" into the asphalt, but we addressed that problem with a steel pad welded onto the bottom of the stands. The sun is not heating it up, so I really do not THINK that would be a problem, but a consideration.
The B.L.T. flooring seems like a viable option to me if the asphalt is thick enough and fairly smooth.
Other than that, have a concrete contractor give you a price for demo and concrete$$$$$$$$$, that may answer your question.

 

[twostory]

You could do it yourself, here is my guess-timate

Rent saw to cut interior primeter, $100, this will take 1 to 2 hours to do

Rent bob cat to destroy and remove black top, $300/day, this till take less than one day to do, probably 4 hours.

Rent dumpster to put black top in, $200/day.

Grade the dirt under the removed black top, 1 hours, do this while you have the bob cat.

Truck load of #57 gravel (15 ton) $300, this will take a while to spread, but using the bob cat would only take one hour.

Vapor barrier, 6 mil plastic $100

Rebar or metal grid, ($100 to $400)

Wooden form work ($200 in wood)

11 yards of concrete to pour a 4 inch slab (11x$120 = $1,300)

Pay a crew to pour the slab and finish it, $1,500.

So if you do most of the work (2 to 3 days) , and pay a crew to finish, your cost would be $4,200.

 

[shephd]

You're buying:

Its 21x36 and in decent shape. It also has a 30x110 lot with it because the house that was in front of it burnt down.​

Nice opportunity!

I'd say try it before you write it off. It might not be as bad as you think.

If the lot was wider, you could maybe pour a pad next to it.Could you pour a new pad at the front and move the garage there? If you did that, you could preserve the site for building a home, which might be a good idea long-term. Put a house on the lot, rent the house, get your garage for free.