Garage foundation

One of a main part in the garage, of course, is the garage foundation. The foundation is usually made of concrete.

There are several versions of the foundation. As a matter of principle, there are not differences in reliability of foundation and a choice will depend on location and on funding, but some features we will describe later.

You can do as a continuous footing (strip foundation) foundation or slab foundation. For a manufacture of strip foundation concrete, at first dig a trench along a perimeter. The width of the trench directly depends on the width of the wall of the garage, the width should be equal to the wall or should be greater than the wall (to do the width less or strictly to the well not recommended). The depth of the trench should be such profound till you will have achieve a clay, but this condition is often difficult and costly and the depth makes about a meter (not less than 80 cm). This is shown, in most cases, more than enough.

At the bottom of a trench we must to pour a sand, this procedure we must to do in two equal phases. It is necessary to pour the sand 25 cm thick, then pour the water and to tramp down, after that the first layer do exactly the same second. At the prepared bottom put metal valves, in parallel, around the concrete of foundation, the ends of the bars should overlap each other by at least 20 cm (longer is better), it is also necessary to ensure rigidity, for this roll by the wire their .

After that, the whole construction of fixtures, suspend over the sand from a distance of about 5 cm that to avoid a corrosion. If an whole structure has prepared pour trench by concrete. In some cases, the concrete insert vertical metal rods (at a distance of 1 meter from each other). It is necessary for connection the walls garage with the foundation. It will provide additional reliability and connection the foundation with the walls, but this do very seldom and that does not interfere to the garage to stand safely for many years.
After that the foundation started to harden, the concrete one can cover by saw dust or cover by ruberoid. But if the weather is hot necessary to water, that a freezing does not happen very quickly, he could to crack , and it will have bring down its reliability.

In the photo below you can see like the foundation for the garage.

Production of foundation in the form of slab foundation is different from the strip foundation. In this case the slab foundation will as a floor. For the construction should be concret an area under the garage, and this slab will be the floor and the foundation at the same time. The height of this concrete foundation should be make up 15-30 cm, in the process of filling must put to metal rods or metal lath.

For a standard garage (4 х 7.5 meters) volume  concrete  of about 7 cubic meters.

Will not forget to leave a little concrete, for the entry to the garage.

Freezing of concrete going on long enough, so better to lay the foundation, before 2-3 months till construction of the garage.

After that the foundation of the garage had ready, one can to do a basement of the garage.