Filling the floor with concrete - floor pouring technology

Every person who has got a car, will need a place where he could save it, repair it and so on. In other words, the garage. And when constructing a garage, the most difficult stage is the construction of the base, so today we will talk about pouring the floor in the garage with our own hands.

What kind of gender do we need?

The floor covering should have the following qualities:

1. Fire safety.
2. Ability to prevent excess moisture.
3. Resistance to loads, various chemical substances.
4. Longevity.

To this you can add also the way you want to see your garage. Today, the materials used to cover its floor, can be different, but the most popular right is considered to be concrete. Even if there are strong loads, the concrete base will last as long as possible. Therefore, pouring the floor with concrete is the most optimal option.

Filling the floor in the garage with concrete

What is the basis of concrete?

Before proceeding to the casting process, it is necessary to consider its main features. First of all, it can not always be used. It can be, for example, a strong slope of the surface, or a close location to the underground water garage.

Also the concrete is cold, so in winter time it can bring a lot of problems, especially if the heating of the garage has problems.

Concrete quickly erases, turns into dust and hovers around the room, causing allergic reactions. It also perfectly absorbs dirt and engine oil. Smells in the garage settle for a long time.

But all these disadvantages of concrete coating can not be easily met if you follow the technology of work clearly.

Fill the floor in the garage: step by step guide

The ideal variant of the base of the garage floor is a monolithic reinforced concrete slab, which was laid on the floor. Here, our floor is being built record high. All you need is additional costs for the delivery of the cooker itself, several assistants and, of course, a crane. Thus, so the floor is mounted faster, but more expensive.

Therefore, we will pour concrete on the ground. Just note that it is not recommended to do this if the garage is low, since the room can be flooded if there are ground water next to it. You can not do this and with a steep slope of the surface, because you will need to build a socle cover with accompanying elements. But if all the conditions are strictly observed, then you can safely proceed with pouring concrete. To begin with, note that the concrete floor has several layers, here they are:

1. Gravel.
2. Sand.
3. Reinforced concrete.
4. Good waterproofing.
5. Insulation.
6. Finishing floor screed.

Now the step by step instruction.

Composition of the layers when pouring concrete floors in the garage

Step one: prepare the foundation

First we need to dig a hole, remove the loose ground, and create a pillow of sand and gravel. For this purpose, we compact the bottom of the pit and cover its surface with liquid clay. Then we fall asleep a layer of gravel, whose height should be from thirty to eighty centimeters. In order to control this process, you can drive into the walls of special wooden pegs.

Align the gravel, remove the largest of its pieces, once again all the weed and fall asleep with a ten-centimetric ball of sand.

Prepare the foundation before pouring the concrete floor

Step two: waterproofing

There are a lot of materials used for waterproofing, but the most inexpensive and, therefore, affordable is polyethylene film. We must cover the entire surface of the floor with it. Where the pieces of the film will be docked, we add them overlap and glue together by means of an adhesive tape( standard PVC is suitable for this).

We must arrange polyethylene in such a way as to close all the walls of our pit. In other words, we should have a kind of polyethylene bath that would not let the liquid pass. If you do not have the opportunity to use the film, then some other soft insulation material will do.

Floor waterproofing with polyethylene film

Step three: create a rough floor

It is intended to strengthen the whole structure. For this, reinforced concrete is used. We need a jelly net, whose cells would be 10 by 10 centimeters, as well as a metal rod with diameters of about 0.7 centimeters. We mesh the grid to the bottom of the formed pit, but first we need to equip a low wooden formwork.

The way we do the formwork will directly come from the area of ​​the room and the pit itself. In the case of a large room, it would be more expedient to make equidistant compartments of a square shape. Accordingly, we can directly control the height of the rough floor, and also distribute the concrete as evenly as possible. The grid must fit inside these compartments. In the case of a small garage, the formwork must be equipped only along the perimeter, while the grid will occupy the whole space.

Create a rough floor and reinforce the screed

Fill the solution in squares and level its surface by means of a rule. After he grasps, the slats need to be removed, and the void left after this procedure is filled with the same solution. Regarding the quality of the screed, it will directly depend on the quality of the concrete mortar used, so it is necessary to interfere with it, strictly adhering to the appropriate proportions.

It is recommended to pierce the solution with a shovel during operation, this helps to avoid the formation of voids in it.

Drying of the rough floor must also be carried out correctly. When the solution is poured, we completely cover it with a film. Each subsequent day, the film is removed, the solution is wetted and the film falls back. This will last about four weeks, until the roughing screed has dried completely. And only after that we confidently can proceed to the next step.

The process of pouring concrete floors in the garage

Step four: we heat the screed

The insulation of the screed is not an obligatory procedure, but in cases where the garage adjoins the dwelling and is heated in winter, this is simply necessary. What material for this use? Experts recommend polystyrene foam.

Before installing the heater, the floor in the garage needs to be covered with roll foam foil. This should be done upward with a foil side. Then, heat insulation mats are installed and fastened together with special fastening anchors.

Sheets of rolled polystyrene foam - excellent for insulation of the screed

. Step five: the final screed

On the insulation material( if you installed one), a metal net is again mounted on which the small beacons for the level are mounted. It is necessary to know that most experts strongly recommend making a small slope directed towards the gate. Thus, if you wash the car in the garage, the water will not accumulate inside, but will flow out.

In principle, the final screed is done as well as the roughing. Its height will be thirty to fifty centimeters. And if we take into account all the layers present in the concrete floor, then we get about one hundred and fifty centimeters.

Filled concrete floor in the garage

Some practical advice

In the end I would like to give you some more useful tips.

1. Use special paint for concrete to avoid spraying it during operation. But a layer of such beauty will still not be very thick, so it will be necessary to paint the floor several times a year.
2. If it is not possible to buy such a paint, then special strengthening compounds can be used. They are rubbed into the final screed even before it completely dries. After that, the strength of the floor with respect to the compressibility will be increased several times.
3. Use the topping system. They are added to the solution during the preparation in dry form. So the floor surface will be more resistant to wear, and its aesthetic characteristics will also be improved. They need to be applied in several layers, each will be applied only after the previous one has dried.
   

   Layers for concrete flooring

4. After the mixture has been applied, the surface must dry for a few days.

As a conclusion

As we see, pouring concrete floors in the garage - it's not very difficult. The technology is simple and does not require huge efforts from you. This can be done even on your own, but still a few helpers will not hurt you. The filling process should be continuous, so that the base of your garage was holistic - it is an excellent option for the floor in the garage. It is durable, resistant to acids and chemicals, critical temperatures and various strengths of mechanical damage. The term of its use is quite long, and, finally, to look after it - is simple.

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