Blueprints for new garage - Page 4

Redcar GUY · 07-18-04, 03:17

Dean~ 2 drains in each garage>? Also glad to see the plastic going in under the concrete, when it is time to paint your floor you will be verry happy you did this

69Stang · 07-18-04, 03:41

Man that still looks so cool. Pretty sad I complain about my 3-car not being big enough.........

Dean · 07-18-04, 05:26

Thanks, fellas.

Redcar, those are not floor drains. I wish that they were! Those 3 areas you see are the piers for the garage posts. The concrete will be pretty thick in those areas.

Dean

Redcar GUY · 07-18-04, 05:33

no drains! EEK!!

Dean · 07-18-04, 06:03

No garage drains. Unfortunately, they in violation of local building codes in my area. Darn those laws!

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Redcar GUY · 07-18-04, 06:07

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Originally posted by Dean
No garage drains. Unfortunately, they in violation of local building codes in my area. Darn those laws!

D

I am not a stalker or anything but in what Area do you live>? Mabe you could "add" them later **hinT** hint**

SteveL · 07-28-04, 01:04

You can have them, or yourself, run the 4" PVC pipe under the gravel base and cap off where the drain would be located. You can then come back later and chip out the thin concrete over the drain cap and install grate. I am in the middle of a garage/house addition and that's what we are doing to get around the codes. The drain pipe is going through a 6" sleeve in the foundation wall and will be run under ground and tied in with the gutter down spouts that daylight around 60' from the house.

There are other ways to get around the codes, but don't try to tiy them in to the sewer system. That's where they get really picky so you can't dump oil or gas in the sewer.

Nice layout by the way!!!

SilverLexus · 07-29-04, 09:45

Dean,

Thanks for posting photos continuously. It makes for a really cool thread...

I found out my neighbor is a concrete contractor and I spoke with him about doing stained concrete. He offered to do my floors at wholesale!

Do you know what color and look your floors will have. I have already made some improvements to my humble 2 car garage but the staining will take it to another level.

Setec Astronomy · 07-29-04, 10:02

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Originally posted by SteveL

There are other ways to get around the codes, but don't try to tiy them in to the sewer system. That's where they get really picky so you can't dump oil or gas in the sewer.

Ummm...around here, we refer to it as sanitary sewer and storm drain. The roof gutters would be tied into the storm drain, the sanitary is all the stuff from inside the house. One way to get in REAL TROUBLE here, is to put oil or gas in the STORM drain, which goes into the rivers without any treatment. Not that you are really supposed to put any of that in the sanitary either, but at least that is going to a treatment plant. Not sure what you meant, maybe that it would be hard to catch you in the storm drain, while they might track you back from the treatment plant if they find a lot of stuff there (highly unlikely you could generate enough at your home to raise any flags).

Sorry to be picky, but we once had a visit at work from the Sewer Authority, and we were afraid to wash our oily hands after that...and yes, they put an automated monitor in the sewer line, and no, they were after someone else.

Dean · 08-06-04, 06:55

Silver Lexus,

Here's the color selection chart for the Increte acid-etching system. I think that I'll go for a conservative gray tone, although my wife thinks that it looks too close to natural concrete.

Dean

Dean · 08-06-04, 07:00

August 6, 2004 Update:

Finally, the concrete slab for the garages has been poured. There has been so much rain here in North Carolina that I thought we'd never get it done.

The slab has a nice gray patina to it. Now for the framing!

Dean

Redcar GUY · 08-06-04, 07:05

looking good!