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[Nubs]

New Garage Day.

I've been waiting since the beginning of the year to have it done. Finally, progress!

Concrete gets poured in a couple of weeks, then we wire it up!

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[CoachA]

New Garage Day.

I've been waiting since the beginning of the year to have it done. Finally, progress!

Concrete gets poured in a couple of weeks, then we wire it up!

SWEET!

 

[Lunentucker]

Not being critical. I have a two car pole garage with concrete floor too. I bought it with a gravel floor and had concrete done after it was mine.
But why not pour a slab, use anchors, and frame up on the slab as opposed to doing it this way?

 

[NC_Overland]

Nice garage!

is it common to build the garage first and then have the slab poured later? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that before.

 

[The Welsh Griffin]

Lucky guy !! I still lay in the dirt, nice job !!

 

[sharpsicle]

For those asking: Yes this is the right way to do this. The form boards along the bottom are the guide for the slab being poured. This means that the load of the structure is anchored deeper into the ground rather than attached to the slab at the surface.

 

[OHJeeper]

The RIGHT way is to pour a 6" slab and get it ready for a LIFT... don't skimp on the floor, you'll regret it later!

 

[NC_Overland]

For those asking: Yes this is the right way to do this. The form boards along the bottom are the guide for the slab being poured. This means that the load of the structure is anchored deeper into the ground rather than attached to the slab at the surface.

That thought did cross my mind. Thank you for the explanation.

I’m sure you know this, but you can always cut out the concrete where the lift needs the 6” slab if you added a lift later. It’s pretty common. It looks like you have the ceiling height for a lift.

 

[DBravo]

Nice garage!

is it common to build the garage first and then have the slab poured later? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that before.

I built my post and beam barn first and ad a fiber reinforced concrete floor poured over a year later. I think it was actually better as the ground had settled. That was 12 years ago and no issues.

 

[NC_Overland]

I built my post and beam barn first and ad a fiber reinforced concrete floor poured over a year later. I think it was actually better as the ground had settled. That was 12 years ago and no issues.

Great looking building!

 

[Nubs]

Not being critical. I have a two car pole garage with concrete floor too. I bought it with a gravel floor and had concrete done after it was mine.
But why not pour a slab, use anchors, and frame up on the slab as opposed to doing it this way?

Nice garage!

is it common to build the garage first and then have the slab poured later? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that before.

I was weirded out by this too. In my mind, I would think the slab gets poured first, then the garage goes up around it. According to the pole barn company, concrete last is the correct way to do it.

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