Concrete Driveway Higher Than Garage Floor

The dip is located very close to the garage entrance.

Concrete driveway higher than garage floor. When we went from a gravel to a concrete driveway to divert rainwater we added a dip about 2 deep for the width of the driveway and about 10 long. If the garage slab had sunk not likely you d more than likely have cracks and the slab wouldn t be level. Normally the garage floor is a 1 2 or so higher than the driveway. The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street.

It works for us but there is no guarantee if a really hard rain occurs. The floor of your garage and your driveway are typically poured at different times in the construction process. The garage floor must be at least 10 higher than the. How to fix a gap between the driveway garage.

Probably the most important aspect of any asphalt paver or concrete driveway. Use 16mm 3 4 round bar and drill 300mm 12 into existing garage slab at 900mm 3 intervals 100mm 4 down from top of concrete cut the round bars into 600mm 2 lengths grease with any kind of grease half the length of rod and then whooops beer time have a coldy then clean out holes and push greasy end into holes. Place concrete at a minimum thickness of 4 inches. Your garage floor is usually part of.

Thickness is the major factor even more than the strength of the concrete in determining a driveway s structural capacity. Between my garage floor my driveway there is a gap of almost an inch wide probably an inch deep. Almost every garage 2 car width in our neighborhood has its cement pad at a level that s significantly higher than the asphalt of the driveway. To make it worse the.

I want to fill it in because it catches leaves dirt etc any suggestions of what to use to fill gap. Our garage floor is also lower than the approaching driveway. For example if your garage floor is 100 away from the street for water to flow to the street the garage floor must be at least 10 higher than the edge of the road or street that you are paving to. Is it feasible to cut out a 1 or so of the driveway next to the garage and redo it so it s lower.

Increasing the thickness from 4 inches to 5 inches will add approximately 20 to your concrete cost but will also boost your driveway s load carrying capacity nearly 50. In our case the asphalt runs up to the garage pad but aims at a level at least 3 shy of the floor surface of the cement pad.