Need help on sheeting a garage.

[Deere Dude]

Is the whole garage slanted toward the rear or is the last three feet slanted from settling a couple inches?

 

[JPRambo]

It was poured at the same time as the slab was poured.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I don't know when things changed but when I was in the trades it was standard practice to build a garage with a curb, either a poured curb about 6" high or if using block then the same thing with block. Then the slab was poured with slope of about 2" from the back to the front. Both the houses I have now are about 25 years old and that is how they are built.

 

[Jaylegger]

this is how I hope to eliminate the water on floor soaking into the wall covering.

My garage that was built 10-12 years ago now was constructed like this. I looked them straight in the eye and said, listen here gringo, anyone puts wet sheet on my garage I kill them/

 

[Industrial Toys]

I should get out my laser but I think the whole building is sloped slightly to the rear. Not like it could be sloped the other way!

 

[Mace Canute]

Years ago I wanted to install some Akro panels (one roughly 4' high and 2' wide and two roughly 3' wide and 1.5' tall) and bins on my Gyprocked shop wall but none of the attachment holes in the panels lined with any of the 2x4 wall studs so I attached a sheet of 1/2" plywood horizontally to the wall and screwed the panels to it with#12 sheetmetal screws. I've loaded all the bins up to capacity and have not had any problems with it at all; it's very solid. I don't think you will have any problems whatsoever attaching your bolt bin to the wall but I would suggest you add a few more holes and also use autobody washers to spread the load out on the bin's sheetmetal.

 

[Chris616]

this is how I hope to eliminate the water on floor soaking into the wall covering.

So this looks like my 2-storey shop, where the structural concrete walls were poured first with footings that go some distance down, then the floor slab was poured afterwards. In the photo, was this 3-4" high concrete "plinth" instead formed and poured on top of the previously poured slab?

It was poured at the same time as the slab was poured.

That is a great way to ensure that the water that invariably ends up on a garage floor doesn't get into the walls. Here's a YouTube video showing the process.
How to Pour a Concrete Foundation For Garages, Houses, Room Editions, Etc Part 2 - YouTube

Chris

 

[PILOON]

I'll add another tip.

If you have any voles or mice around add a pouch of vermin poison in each wall void as sure as heck they'll eventually establish a home in that nice cozy insulation.
We did that in a stable once with very good results. (also quite reasonable to do)

The theory is that the poison will drive the rodents out in search of water and not rot in the wall.

 

[3Ts]

I don't know when things changed but when I was in the trades it was standard practice to build a garage with a curb, either a poured curb about 6" high or if using block then the same thing with block. Then the slab was poured with slope of about 2" from the back to the front. Both the houses I have now are about 25 years old and that is how they are built.

Not the way it's done now. I hired a contractor to build my house about 2 yrs ago and getting the slab dropped was an extra cost and getting it sloped was another additional cost. Although I really wonder if he was just looking for places to increase his profit margin. Some things that were in the drawing he refused to do and some things he did that were in the drawing, he charged an additional fee.

 

[Pops15]

Not the way it's done now. I hired a contractor to build my house about 2 yrs ago and getting the slab dropped was an extra cost and getting it sloped was another additional cost. Although I really wonder if he was just looking for places to increase his profit margin. Some things that were in the drawing he refused to do and some things he did that were in the drawing, he charged an additional fee.

Both methods are still used. Adding a rat wall always costs more than a flat slab.
Some charge more for sloping the floor. 2" is overkill.