Hello everyone,
New member here. I stumbled upon this site during my research on what everyone is using for home lifts. What a great and informative site.
Anyhow, after looking at various options, two post lifts, EZ car lifts, Kwiklift, Quickjack, etc, I decided that the best solution for my needs is a mid-rise scissor lift. This is based on the size of my garage as well as what work I would really use it for. Now, there are so may models out there, some having lower prices than the Bendpak MD-6xp but I've read that MD-6XP is better built, so I don't mind spending more for this unit.
Anyhow, to my question....
I have a single garage. The garage floor is not quite level due to a center drain. The floor slopes towards this center drain. I did see a thread here with someone asking the same thing but that thread really didn't finish on how it finally worked out with the OP.
My solution to my UN-levelled floor is to use a self-leveling cement within the area of where the lift contact points to the floor will be situated. So I would level off the part where the fixed bar of the lift and where the roller part of the lift would move in/out. I will also put in a 1/4" sheet metal on top (cut to size) to help distribute weight and also prevent gouging the cement.
I was reading up on self leveling cement compressive specification and I'm showing over 5000 psi after specified # of days of curing. For example http://www.edisoncoatings.com/html/Self_Leveling_Concrete_Floor_T/self_leveling_concrete_floor_t.htm
I'm not sure how to calculate this, if this 5000 psi will be sufficient to support the lift with full load.
Perhaps I'm overthinking this but I just want first to make sure that the fixed bar is flushed with the cement and not just the ends making contact on the floor. I fear that the bar will slightly bend in it's center until it contacts the cement. I figured there will be a 1/8" to 1/4" of gap within this middle area.
Any comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
New member here. I stumbled upon this site during my research on what everyone is using for home lifts. What a great and informative site.
Anyhow, after looking at various options, two post lifts, EZ car lifts, Kwiklift, Quickjack, etc, I decided that the best solution for my needs is a mid-rise scissor lift. This is based on the size of my garage as well as what work I would really use it for. Now, there are so may models out there, some having lower prices than the Bendpak MD-6xp but I've read that MD-6XP is better built, so I don't mind spending more for this unit.
Anyhow, to my question....
I have a single garage. The garage floor is not quite level due to a center drain. The floor slopes towards this center drain. I did see a thread here with someone asking the same thing but that thread really didn't finish on how it finally worked out with the OP.
My solution to my UN-levelled floor is to use a self-leveling cement within the area of where the lift contact points to the floor will be situated. So I would level off the part where the fixed bar of the lift and where the roller part of the lift would move in/out. I will also put in a 1/4" sheet metal on top (cut to size) to help distribute weight and also prevent gouging the cement.
I was reading up on self leveling cement compressive specification and I'm showing over 5000 psi after specified # of days of curing. For example http://www.edisoncoatings.com/html/Self_Leveling_Concrete_Floor_T/self_leveling_concrete_floor_t.htm
I'm not sure how to calculate this, if this 5000 psi will be sufficient to support the lift with full load.
Perhaps I'm overthinking this but I just want first to make sure that the fixed bar is flushed with the cement and not just the ends making contact on the floor. I fear that the bar will slightly bend in it's center until it contacts the cement. I figured there will be a 1/8" to 1/4" of gap within this middle area.
Any comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
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