My garage floor has been falling apart ever since we moved in a few years ago; now that I have a bit of time on my hands and the weather seems good, it seems a good time to think about repairing it.
It's terribly uneven (there is only one place on the entire floor I can put my turbo and have it level for example), and even though the pic doesn't really show it, the middle of the garage is sort of a mound, and you can see how much the floor has sunk, by looking at the workbench behind my bicycle which is level, and the drop off on the cupboard, which isn't level - its almost 15 degrees!:
I don't really have the option to break it up and start again. I've laid a brand new concrete floor, but never gone about repairing/levelling an existing one. My thinking is to build a frame at the door, as to level it its going to have to come over the lip of the door way unfortunately, which also means putting in a small ramp/step (to avoid it being too much of a trip hazard). I'll move everything out, although the workbench can be cemented in, no point moving that.
Just wondering what people would use? There are plenty of levelling compounds out there, but I don't know if the drops to the sides are too much for them, and if actually putting in an entirely new level of concrete is needed. I've only really got half a course course of bricks to play with as thats where the damp proof slate course is (you can see it just in the bottom left of the pic).
Thoughts/recommendations?
It's terribly uneven (there is only one place on the entire floor I can put my turbo and have it level for example), and even though the pic doesn't really show it, the middle of the garage is sort of a mound, and you can see how much the floor has sunk, by looking at the workbench behind my bicycle which is level, and the drop off on the cupboard, which isn't level - its almost 15 degrees!:
I don't really have the option to break it up and start again. I've laid a brand new concrete floor, but never gone about repairing/levelling an existing one. My thinking is to build a frame at the door, as to level it its going to have to come over the lip of the door way unfortunately, which also means putting in a small ramp/step (to avoid it being too much of a trip hazard). I'll move everything out, although the workbench can be cemented in, no point moving that.
Just wondering what people would use? There are plenty of levelling compounds out there, but I don't know if the drops to the sides are too much for them, and if actually putting in an entirely new level of concrete is needed. I've only really got half a course course of bricks to play with as thats where the damp proof slate course is (you can see it just in the bottom left of the pic).
Thoughts/recommendations?
. I just don't think its practical; I'd need to hire a breaker as my sds just wouldn't cut it for the size of the floor, and don't think I'll be able to do that anytime soon.
