I have the details cd.
Garage door slab recess detail.
It usually goes the width of the opening and the width of the jamb and door back into the garage area from the outside of the door.
I have also seen new construction with the step missing.
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In some cases additional footings often a thickened slab are necessary under bearing walls or columns in the center of the slab.
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A 6 inch thick slab weighs only about 75 psf and live loads vehicles don t exceed 50 psf in a garage.
I was talking about the recess at the garage door only.
See how hard it is to explain verbally.
Basically you drop the slab about 3 4 at the door area only so that wind driven water will be trapped in this recess.
This eliminates driving rain.
It is good to have a 40mm aggregate concrete base on the soil on which the reinforcement can be placed.
Yeah if we re going to start from the beginning remove all the organic soil from the slab area and build up subgrade using crushed rock.
Lay down stego wrap and then 2 foamular 250 with a thermal break around the edge.
Even a low standard soil such as silt or clay easily supports 400psf.
Dimension i is the service door opening.
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Garage slab learn me.
Opening should be 1 4 to 1 2 inch over.
Metal frame building with a recess in the concrete floor for the door to sit.
Place the rock 6 at a time and run over it with a plate compactor until your teeth fall out.
Wide garage slab should be 23 ft 11 3 4 in dimension g is the overhead door opening in the curb.
Overhead garage doors at the threshold area i see houses that have a small step formed into the concrete slab presumably to prevent moisture entry and possibly to prevent the door from blowing in during high winds i live in florida.
The large scale detail below shows a cross section through the perimeter of the type 1 garage foundation giving dimensional details and the general placement of reinforcing steel and anchor bolts.
16 ft ohd should be 16 ft 1 4 inch opening dimension h is the distance from the corner to the edge of ohd opening.