Slope In A Garage Floor

So i did more measurement in the garage.

Slope in a garage floor.

Aci 117 90 st andard specifications for tolerances for concrete construction and materials gives a level alignment tolerance of 3 4 inch for top of slab elevation of slabs on grade. In the winter the runoff from whatever snow is on it just pools on the floor in the garage. The floor may appear flat until you. It is usually 1 8 to 1 4 per foot.

Concrete floor oodles of empty space and a floor that turns out to not be level. This is no accident. Garage floor slope question hello this is a very dump question. Garage floors unlike floors inside your home are sloped to promote drainage.

And i was wondering if there s some way to slope the garage floor without completely rebuilding the garage. I mean you can add an additional layer of material to the garage floor and slope garage floor from high to low. In most cases the angle of the slope is gentle enough to be barely perceptible. The building code requires that a garage floor be sloped towards the door but does not specify a minimum slope.

A 2 slope will probably ensure better drainage we could also find no slope tolerance for use when a floor slope is specified. First the floor may be so out of level that the garage floor does not meet the bottom edge of the door. One side is about 4 5 and the other side is around 5 4. Here is the citation from the international residential code irc.

We have an attached two car garage with the size of about 21 x 21. At a very rare occasion i measured the slope on both sides of the garage. Your garage looks absolutely perfect for a gym. Due to building codes a garage has a minimum slope towards the opening of 1 8 per foot.

Typical slope of 1 to 2 degrees towards driveway.