Poured cement garages

[moparknighthawk]

Who here has a poured cement garage? How do you deal with hanging stuff on the walls, inside and outside? Did you paint the inside or outside? Just curious. I am thinking about doing some work on my old garage. Thanks.

Greg

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I've not had a CONCRETE garage but I'd imagine there are only a couple ways of doing it. Either individual anchors, like lead anchors or drilled, epoxied in anchors, OR you could fur out the walls with conventioanl 2x2's or 2x4's. Again using the same anchors unless you have access to a ramset or could rent one.

By the way, its just my idiosyncracy I suppose but "cement" is just one component of concrete. Concrete is made of cement, aggregate, sand, water - and sometimes o ther stuff. It's like calling cake batter, "flour".

 

[Charles (in GA)]

By the way, its just my idiosyncracy I suppose but "cement" is just one component of concrete. Concrete is made of cement, aggregate, sand, water - and sometimes o ther stuff. It's like calling cake batter, "flour".

It comes from watching the Beverly Hillbillies too much. They didn't have a "concrete pond" but rather they had a "cement pond" as Jethro said so often.

Charles

 

[A_Pmech]

When I need to hang something or poke a hole though the wall I just drag out the Hilti:

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

It comes from watching the Beverly Hillbillies too much. They didn't have a "concrete pond" but rather they had a "cement pond" as Jethro said so often.

Charles

Yup, I agree. TOo many heard of the "See-Ment Pond"

 

[Mr.Magoo]

I've not had a CONCRETE garage but I'd imagine there are only a couple ways of doing it. Either individual anchors, like lead anchors or drilled, epoxied in anchors, OR you could fur out the walls with conventioanl 2x2's or 2x4's. Again using the same anchors unless you have access to a ramset or could rent one.

By the way, its just my idiosyncracy I suppose but "cement" is just one component of concrete. Concrete is made of cement, aggregate, sand, water - and sometimes o ther stuff. It's like calling cake batter, "flour".

It's reminds me of when I was a kid along time ago, a motorcycle was always referred to as a Honda.

Now back to CONCRETE. My dad owned a trucking company and a Ready Mix plant and was also a General Contractor. We learned how to work, worked our asses off. I myself a General Contractor and everywhere I go, I still see companies calling themselves Cement Contractors. Like the old man used to say, "I guess they must be contracting 94 lb. sacks of cement." So as I tell everyone I know when I see a Cement Contractor, "He surely did not know his *** from a hole in the ground when he got started in the Cement business, cause it looks like now he is doing concrete work." Sorry to be so tough on the subject but from the previous post responses, some of these cats know the difference!!!!

 

[moparknighthawk]

Ok, I know when I did wrong, lol. Yes I ment poured concrete.

 

[Oggy]

There are many different ways to hang things on concrete walls. the easiest would probably be tapcon's. The plastic push in anchors will work in concrete also, what are you trying to hang?

 

[Justin1776]

For small stuff like signs and light shelves, the best thing is to use Tapcon style concrete anchors. 1/4" are much better than 3/16" tapcons. Buy the screws with hex heads, much easier to install than phillips head unless you need a flush mount head for some reason. For anything heavy like a ledger board for a big shelf I would go with wedge anchors or "redheads". It would be wise to invest in a decent hammerdrill if you don't have one. It doesn't have to be a professional quality drill but be sure it has a metal gear case and at least a 1/2 rating. I had a Black and Decker all plastic 3/8 keyless chuck POS for about a week before I tossed it and bought a 1/2" chuck Milwaukee. There is nothing worse than holding a hammerdrill over your head waiting for the drill to "drill". Now I have 2 cordless, 1 corded and 1 SDS hammerdrill

P.S. If you come across some hollow (unfilled) block be sure your anchors aren't to long and you have adequate wedge or thread-to-block contact.

 

[Justin1776]

And as far as paint is concerned, the block should be pressure washed (exterior) to remove any loose paint or paint chalk, then sealed and painted. Good sealers make all the differences here!

 

[moparknighthawk]

Thank you all for the advice. I need to start with a good cleaning and decluttering this spring. Things have just accumulated the past few years. I will go from there.

 

[1948]

why would you go with a concrete garage? just curious.... do you live in a place that has lots of wild fires? risk of atomic bombs going off? ww3 outbreak? tornados a lot? crazy ex wife with a gun?

 

[A_Pmech]

why would you go with a concrete garage? just curious.... do you live in a place that has lots of wild fires? risk of atomic bombs going off? ww3 outbreak? tornados a lot? crazy ex wife with a gun?

The walls don't burn and they're a whole lot more durable than sheetrock.

 

[1948]

why not cinder blocks then?

 

[Weekend_warrior]

depends on what your hanging, but for a bunch of stuff I would use slat board anchored the wall on the top for hanging things. Leave the bottom open so you can still spray the floor with water. The just pain slat board is about 35 a sheet and can be painted or you could go with melamine for a little more. The PVC stuff is way spendy, but you could also go with a gridwall anchored to the concrete.

Maybe a bit spendy, but something like this for everyday items... I would do the gridwall with attachments

For signs and things I would do the Blue hex head concrete screws or anchors (holes drilled with a hammer drill). You can just bolt stuff.

 

[barks]

Concrete is placed, beer is poured. This **** thing can go on and on.

 

[moparknighthawk]

why would you go with a concrete garage? just curious.... do you live in a place that has lots of wild fires? risk of atomic bombs going off? ww3 outbreak? tornados a lot? crazy ex wife with a gun?

If your referring to me, my garage was built in 1982 many years before I bought the house. I have to work with what I got. My dream garage will have to be built after I sell my current house on FLAT land for a change. My lot is long and narrow and my only garage access is a alley beside my house. (the long side) Like I said before, its a hard right or left UP a short ramp-like driveway to get into the garage. My Charger will only fit in the right side, as it will scrap big time in the middle if I tried the left side. In fact, it will not even go in that side. Its what I have to work with.