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    Looking for some info or first hand experience on putting fiberous materials in concrete for garage floor. Pros and cons. So far I’ve been told it leaves a rough surface. I want to minimize cracking but not spend a fortune doing it. Concrete isn’t cheap anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fishroes View Post
    Looking for some info or first hand experience on putting fiberous materials in concrete for garage floor. Pros and cons. So far I’ve been told it leaves a rough surface. I want to minimize cracking but not spend a fortune doing it. Concrete isn’t cheap anymore
    If you aren`t there already, check out garagejournal.com

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    My experience with fiber reinforced concrete for a garage floor was poor. Take it for what it is. It may have been a poorly mixed batch of concrete. It may have been how fiber reinforced concrete is. The durability against any kind of impact was very poor. Pot marks very quickly all over the place. I have never experienced this in any other other garage floor I`ve had. I said I would never again for a garage floor.

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    I haven’t talked to the guy that’s doing the floor yet. Did your floor have a very rough surface

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    No, it was fiberglass fibers. You could see them, but Ii felt like any other floor I`ve had.

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    After Mike lambert` post on his garage floor. I think that would be the way I would go next time. I would think that would work well even on a floor with some small cracks.

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    Old schooler here. The story of concrete: it won’t burn, your neighbors won’t steal it and it will crack. We were taught and I still believe there is no guaranteed way to stop concrete from cracking. That said, I believe your best chance of it not cracking is lots of steel (rebar), a full 6” slab and relief cuts in strategic places. No, it isn’t the cheap way. Most contractors poor 4” slab these days. I’ve got An 8” (60’X40”) slab with lot’s or rebar in it out in the back yard as my kids basketball court. Utah weather can fluctuate 105 degrees from summer to winter. After 14 years there isn’t a hint of a crack anywhere. This slab was set on road base and a lot of it. My garage has held up much the same way, though I do have one 4 ft. crack across a breezeway. That area had a relief cut but the crack chose it’s own path, go figure.
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    I had my floor poured to 6" and with rebar on stilts spaced every 16" O.C. My concrete guys hated me but it was worth it IMO. They came back and put in relief cuts later and then I had them filled in before the Polyurea coating was done. No cracks yet and I don`t expect I`ll see any either.



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    When they did mine it had fibers in it and they troweled it smooth. No fibers visible to me.

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    Cracks come heaving, best way to minimize that is to have a solid base of gravel and as you`re using it for garage ild say if minimum is 12" do 18", so your doing g 50% more than minimum at the least. Then do a minimum of 6" of concrete with rebar as rasky did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RaskyR1 View Post
    I had my floor poured to 6" and with rebar on stilts spaced every 16" O.C. My concrete guys hated me but it was worth it IMO. They came back and put in relief cuts later and then I had them filled in before the Polyurea coating was done. No cracks yet and I don`t expect I`ll see any either.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Coatings=crack View Post
    Can I live in you garage please?
    Yeah, seriously! Even has a TV so you can play racing games while sitting in the car!

    BTW, what is in the floor, is that a lift?

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    I remember when my garage was being built. I had the floor made with concrete thick enough to accommodate my two post lift. I had the floor painted in black and white checkerboard pattern as a cheaper and less permanent alternative to actual tile. Still looks fantastic.
    Treat it like it`s the only one in the world.

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    I was all excited about his radiant floor heat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan View Post
    Yeah, seriously! Even has a TV so you can play racing games while sitting in the car!

    BTW, what is in the floor, is that a lift?
    Yes, its a Bendpak SP-7X full-rise scissor lift.

 

 
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