freedomlives
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- Joined
- Apr 12, 2015
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- Location
- Husak, Slovakia, EU
- Tractor
- Iseki TS35F, Goldoni Special 140 with powered trailer -- Goldoni Special 128 -- Goldoni Uno for mowing -- Czech Vari system
Our house has what is sort of a carport (they call it a shopka in Slovak, I guess like "workshop"). I'm converting it to a garage these next weeks, and I've got that time pressure that often helps me get stuff done, since I moved the hotwater heater out there while renovating the bathroom, so its got to be all enclosed before it gets below freezing in November.
The walls, which right now are just random boards nailed to oak beams-- well, the random boards will go, and some reinforcement 2x4ish wood will go in, and then fiberglass insulation and both sides OSB boards. Ceiling I've also got to make, likewise not such a big deal (right now its open to the roof and the attic).
In the front where it is just open, I'll frame with wood and put a garage door and regular door (with dog door-- he'll be a lot happier this winter with a warm room to sleep in).
The floor is a whole different matter. I guess when decades ago they were pouring concrete in there, they poured it a lot thinner to the front, and it has a ridiculous slope. Photo album
The last 6 feet to the front is pretty much nonexistant, and from the back to the front there is an 10" change in height, over 6m / 22 feet. But most of that change is the first third, where there's hardly any concrete. Physically, the rest of the slab seems pretty solid-- it was a PITA to cut through with a diamond wheel on an 10" angle grinder to run pipes. The other thing I wonder is water vapor coming up through the floor, especially as we are in the bottom of a valley.
Would it be a valid approach to level off the really shallow area with compacted gravel, put a plastic sheet over everything, and then put down, say, 3 inches of concrete with welded rebar reinforcement mesh? Or should I clean the old concrete slab and try to bind on to it? And if I do put down a plastic sheet, then does that just end up driving any vapor in to the walls?
The walls, which right now are just random boards nailed to oak beams-- well, the random boards will go, and some reinforcement 2x4ish wood will go in, and then fiberglass insulation and both sides OSB boards. Ceiling I've also got to make, likewise not such a big deal (right now its open to the roof and the attic).
In the front where it is just open, I'll frame with wood and put a garage door and regular door (with dog door-- he'll be a lot happier this winter with a warm room to sleep in).
The floor is a whole different matter. I guess when decades ago they were pouring concrete in there, they poured it a lot thinner to the front, and it has a ridiculous slope. Photo album
The last 6 feet to the front is pretty much nonexistant, and from the back to the front there is an 10" change in height, over 6m / 22 feet. But most of that change is the first third, where there's hardly any concrete. Physically, the rest of the slab seems pretty solid-- it was a PITA to cut through with a diamond wheel on an 10" angle grinder to run pipes. The other thing I wonder is water vapor coming up through the floor, especially as we are in the bottom of a valley.
Would it be a valid approach to level off the really shallow area with compacted gravel, put a plastic sheet over everything, and then put down, say, 3 inches of concrete with welded rebar reinforcement mesh? Or should I clean the old concrete slab and try to bind on to it? And if I do put down a plastic sheet, then does that just end up driving any vapor in to the walls?