Garage / Discussions

Can you raise a garage floor?

...garage floor is almost back alley level, it has retention wall,  and inside about 6 inches height from the slab. We like to raise it at least 4 inches! Is it possible?  If so, how?  Thank you in advance.  That would be a very tricky and expensive undertaking, have you considered pouring an additional concrete floor on ...

Posted by Anwar Chowdhury Jan. 3, 2021 Concept and design 2 responses

How can I heat a bedroom above a garage?

...garage. It was built with one forced air duct blowing warm air under the room but parts are very cold in the winter. As we renovate our basement I'm wondering whether we replace the existing system and install an electric wire system from within the garage. We have solar so the cost is less important than reducing our ...

Posted by Steve Dulmage April 30, 2020 Wall assemblies - renovation

Does insulating a slab on grade make the building less stable?

...garage. I would like to do a slab on grade for the obvious savings of not pouring the 4' frost wall and wante to do infloor heating. Since the slab need to be insulated all around, a builder told me he would not recommend that due to the entire weight of the building resting on the insulation sandwiched between the gro...

Posted by Nicolas Jalbert May 28, 2018 Slab on Grade 1 response