Concrete Beam Support Garage Floors

Your concrete garage floor takes a lot of abuse from moisture oil drips chemical spills and road salt as it ages.

Concrete beam support garage floors.

The garage and part of the driveway rests on top of two steel beams with one end resting on concrete footings at the edge where the grade drops off and the other ends are supported on columns. The total cost for a 400 square foot garage floor in san francisco ranges between 3 91 and 4 28 per square foot and between 3 26 and 3 60 per square foot in atlanta. Applying a garage floor paint coating or covering will not only improve the way your floor looks but also protect it against stains and deterioration make it easier to clean and hide cracks and other surface problems. I plan to put the beam under the existing doug fir beam.

I ve included a drawing which shows a steel pan floor in the garage and on the portion of the driveway that is above grade. The garage ceiling span to be supported is approx. Alternatively our experienced team can install the beam and block flooring. I want to place an adjustable column on a 4 foot deep concrete pier on each end of the beam to support the span.

For the homeowner a beam and block floor helps to reduce noise transmittance through floors. A beam and block floor is a durable concrete floor system that provides good fire resistance as well as helping to reduce noise transmittance through floors. Concrete floor beams provide a high level of thermal insulation and fre resistance. People have garage slabs like that as some that were poured more than 50 years ago are still as solid today as it was at the advent of the television age.

Beam and block floor installation can be completed by unskilled labour or provided to your groundworkers to fit. Standard wood framing filled the space below the walls for a walkout basement. Good concrete slabs in garages will hold up to all of the weight they need to bear through hot and cold weather and for many long years with little if any evidence of cracks.