central - east central Minnesota - | Millhouse - 1/11/2012 09:58 Lots of good ideas here. I hate to put a divider down the middle because getting equipment in and out of a 60 x 80 area will be much more difficult than being completely open. My brother guarantees one thing with concrete in his business, it will crack. When looking at the total price of this building, cutting 5-7 K isn't the issue, cutting 60-100 in costs is. Then you are left with a shell over dirt, not much else. But, that is better than nothing. Most likely this will become a full shop over time. Secondly, I would put a couple small doors in the corner to park pickups in verses building another garage somewhere. I don't plan on doing anything right away, just want a plan to go with for if and when.
There is a concrete company (Cemstone), in Minnesota (freezing / thawing soils concrete) that will gurantee concrete not to crack or break up, for 5 yrs - or free replacement (material and labor, tear out and replace). For this gurantee, the contractors have to be certified by Cemstone - to ensure they know how to work with concrete.
The reason concrete cracks or breaks, is because the base isn't correct, wrong concrete mix or inproperly placed concrete . . . .
Not everyone knows how to place concrete, get the base ready, properly and order the correct mix for the application . . . doesn't matter how thick a guy makes the slab.
There are many, many multi-floored parking garages that the floors are not cracked or broken up, around Minnesota -
I've brought this up in previous posts. . . . . |
Full concrete slab for a machine shed?
