Garage floor slope

[socoj2]

I have a 3 car garage and its slopped for drainage and its a Giant Pain in the *** who puts that much water in the garage you need a 1" slope to get the damn thing to drain.

id like to get rid of the slope at least for the 1 car garage. Any ideas on what this would cost for self leveling conrete or to get someone to do it?

 

[astroracer]

Nothing we can do... Figure out the cubic feet needed and convert that to concrete prices for your area and/or call a few cement guys... Only way you will get relevant numbers.
Mark

 

[CJDave]

Mine slopes about 3 1/2" in a 24' run. I don't have a problem with it. All of the rain, snow, slush and car wash water, I wash my classic Mustang in there, flows nicely under my Race Deck FreeFlow and out under the overhead door. This slope was put in by the builder when we had the house built. I see nothing detrimental in having a slope to the garage floor. There is likely a minimum slope per local building code. CJDave.

 

[383]

Code requires either a sloped floor or a floor drain in a garage here. The annoying thing is, if the building has an overhead door, they automatically classify it as a garage. If you want an overhead door in your wood working shop, they require sloping the floor or a floor drain even if it may never have a vehicle in it.

 

[James-W]

I don't see where a 1 inch slope will pose a problem. May I ask why you find a 1 inch slope toward the overhead door objectionable? Depending on where you live, having snow melting in the garage may be commonplace and having a way for it to drain outside is a very good idea.

 

[FastEddie64]

Amen, a slope in the garage is a good thing. They didn't put one in my mom's garage, and she lives in the U.P. of Michigan. Every winter, if it snows hard, water pours in like sieve, she wants to have it repoured with a slope and drain.

 

[ConCretin]

The only thing I'd add is that eliminating the slope with an overlay will be tricky. If you don't get it right, whatever you put down is likely to come back up again leaving you with a maintenance nightmare. It's doable but maybe not as simple as it sounds.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

LLWillys can properly reply but I believe this is so that gas will flow towards the door in the event of a gas-leak.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Garages used to be greasy, out of sight areas. Today, they're destination spots, entertainment spaces, or fab shops. Fifty years ago, even car people would have thought you were crazy to want air conditioning, sheetrock, color coordinated toolboxes, etc. In a home garage.

Part of the garage thing is dealing with and overcoming the shortcomings of what you got. (Finding a concrete guy who can do high end patch jobs can be a challenge.)