Garage floor concrete strength?
Written by Josh on December 19, 2008 – 11:47 pm -
The husband is planning on putting lle 7000 pounds. vertical milling machine on an area of 5 square ft attached to 4 points. The floor? about 5 inches of concrete floor of the garage often built in 1950.
Tags: Concrete Strength, Ft Square, Garage Floor
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By max b on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
will probably end, I worked in the building of the last summers, so I may say so, the strength of concrete is determined by the pipeline some things that are just as bound together (often by steel with reference to the bar) also like Concrete was packed (to avoid gaps called combs of honey) and how long the concrete was left to cure, this means as it is dried slowly (the concrete will often be re-dipped in a way that is fun) being as your floor of the garage was built in 1950 you probably have little knowledge of how to build unless your floor if you walk around the outside of your garage and you can find all the combs of honey (air pockets in concrete) would be very hesitant to have such great burden on a small area and could be a good idea to invent a way to better distribute the weight over a larger area. good luck.
By Nigel M on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
In order to complete Max 's suggestions; penetrate a well concentrated between the positions of the four media attachment provided at least 10 "in depth, controllilo a range of the forum (or having a civil engineer acting in this way). If everything is packaged well, without gaps, there are problems. Just plugs the hole. If there are gaps, cut the entire area for milling machine and a foot or more in every sense, dig down at least 2 feet. Costruiscalo still using best practices to support the rock mass packed, packed sand, the round for reinforced concrete and high-strength concrete. Put a gasket expansion around the edges of the first payment, or defend happen.
By The Answer Man on Dec 25, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like you are really concerned about is this. There are companies that use ultrasound equipment to control the thickness and resistance of newly constructed building to see whether they are developed according to plan. I think we have received a token amount to verify the integrity of the concrete in such a small area. Moreover, the response above has been a good idea about the spread of the load. (a flat 1 / 4 inch would) the yard of the difference is really cheap and could cut them to graduate to some green backs. Vernicila on top and bottom because the metal will extract moisture from the concrete will begin rusting. Please note about the vibration. The metal on metal will move. The fixed camera in metal. There are footing 's around the perimeter of the building that is more often wider and deeper. If you could put the machine from a wall, (allow room for operation) would have more concrete under the car. That's also where also bind to the re_bar footing 's. If you have column 'vertical, and there is s base, s under them also. How about power to run the machine. Have fun!