Concrete Driveway Higher Than Garage Floor

Thickness is the major factor even more than the strength of the concrete in determining a driveway s structural capacity.

Concrete driveway higher than garage floor.

The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street. Our garage floor is also lower than the approaching driveway. Between my garage floor my driveway there is a gap of almost an inch wide probably an inch deep. It works for us but there is no guarantee if a really hard rain occurs.

How to fix a gap between the driveway garage. Probably the most important aspect of any asphalt paver or concrete driveway. The garage floor must be at least 10 higher than the. If the garage slab had sunk not likely you d more than likely have cracks and the slab wouldn t be level.

Place concrete at a minimum thickness of 4 inches. The dip is located very close to the garage entrance. The straight line gaps between the slabs has enlarged and some cracks are as wide as 2 inches. When we went from a gravel to a concrete driveway to divert rainwater we added a dip about 2 deep for the width of the driveway and about 10 long.

My concrete driveway has eight large slabs. To make it worse the. I want to fill it in because it catches leaves dirt etc any suggestions of what to use to fill gap. Normally the garage floor is a 1 2 or so higher than the driveway.

Is it feasible to cut out a 1 or so of the driveway next to the garage and redo it so it s lower. Almost every garage 2 car width in our neighborhood has its cement pad at a level that s significantly higher than the asphalt of the driveway. In our case the asphalt runs up to the garage pad but aims at a level at least 3 shy of the floor surface of the cement pad. The floor of your garage and your driveway are typically poured at different times in the construction process.

Increasing the thickness from 4 inches to 5 inches will add approximately 20 to your concrete cost but will also boost your driveway s load carrying capacity nearly 50. For example if your garage floor is 100 away from the street for water to flow to the street the garage floor must be at least 10 higher than the edge of the road or street that you are paving to.