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Posted by Erik Dillenkofer on February 14, 2008, 5:48 am
To answer the original question, slope the floor as called for, but pour a
level curb the width of the walls to keep them level and square.
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> Normal pitch for exterior concrete is 1/4" per foot. If a garage is 20 to
> 24 feet deep, a 1/4 per foot would be 5 to 6 inches. The 2" fall is less
> than an 1/8th per foot. OP can run it dead level or slope the whole floor
> to a center drain for all I care, but let's keep the numbers in
> perspective.
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>> Besides what has been said, 2" is a lot of fall. Put a car in neutral
>> and leave it and you may find it has rolled out into the street.
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>>>I have a garage plan that calls for a monolithic slab with a 2" pitch
>>>toward the garage door. It looks like the walls are bolted directly to
>>>the slab. My question is, wouldn't that make the whole frame out of
>>>level? How is this normally handled? It is a detatched garage.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Paul
>>>
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