Hi, I just built a 32 x40 garage. I am putting 3. 10x10 doors on today but couldn't afford to put the concrete down this year. Is there any type of seal I can put to cover a 5 inch gap from the door to the gravel floor. The doors are going to be blocked at where the top of the concrete will be, so it will be a 5 inch gap. Thanks
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Garage door before concrete
- Thread starter termz87
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What I did when I built my garage, was to lay P T lumber to the height of the (eventual) floor, across the span of the door opening. I then packed gravel against the lumber to form a ramp on either side. When you are ready to pour, just rake out the ramp and remove the P T.
CJ7VFR
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My father went thru the same thing when he had his garage built back in 1988.
The basic garage was finished, but he was waiting on doing the floors, so we also had the gap between the bottom of the doors and the floor.
Now, my dads doors are made from wood, so what we did was easy for that type of door.
What we did was get two 2x8's, cut them to the same width as the doors, and drilled 6 slotted holes, about 1 inch long in them so we could screw them into the inside bottom edge of the doors. We made sure that the screws did NOT go all the way thru to the outside of the doors.
Then we attached the bottom door seals to the bottom of the 2x8's.
Because the 2x8's were the same basic thickness as the bottom of the doors, the seals fit really nice, and the slotted holes allowed us to adjust each door up and down an inch to get a perfect seal.
This worked great. When the floor was finally poured, we just took the 2x8's off, and put the seals back onto the bottom of the doors.
It was fast, easy, adjustable, removable, and worked like a charm.
Oh, and he painted the 2x8's the same color as the doors, so they were really not that noticeable when they were there.
Jim
The basic garage was finished, but he was waiting on doing the floors, so we also had the gap between the bottom of the doors and the floor.
Now, my dads doors are made from wood, so what we did was easy for that type of door.
What we did was get two 2x8's, cut them to the same width as the doors, and drilled 6 slotted holes, about 1 inch long in them so we could screw them into the inside bottom edge of the doors. We made sure that the screws did NOT go all the way thru to the outside of the doors.
Then we attached the bottom door seals to the bottom of the 2x8's.
Because the 2x8's were the same basic thickness as the bottom of the doors, the seals fit really nice, and the slotted holes allowed us to adjust each door up and down an inch to get a perfect seal.
This worked great. When the floor was finally poured, we just took the 2x8's off, and put the seals back onto the bottom of the doors.
It was fast, easy, adjustable, removable, and worked like a charm.
Oh, and he painted the 2x8's the same color as the doors, so they were really not that noticeable when they were there.
Jim
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HoosierMark
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lay a 4 x 4 horizontally and put gravel up to each side of it. Then pull it out when you are ready for concrete.
Leaflessshadetree
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What I did when I built my garage, was to lay P T lumber to the height of the (eventual) floor, across the span of the door opening. I then packed gravel against the lumber to form a ramp on either side. When you are ready to pour, just rake out the ramp and remove the P T.
lay a 4 x 4 horizontally and put gravel up to each side of it. Then pull it out when you are ready for concrete.
Same here except I have a gravel driveway so it is at the correct level. I only have a ramp on the inside.
finn
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6" X 4" PT embedded in the gravel should do it.