I am going to replace a load-bearing interior wall in the garage with a glulam beam, with posts supported on the garage floor (untreated concrete floor, Leca edge elements). I don't want the post directly on the floor and would like it to stand on some form of base (plus sill tape or equivalent, of course).
How should I best proceed to create the base? Cast? With what? Reinforcement? Surface treatment before casting?
How should I best proceed to create the base? Cast? With what? Reinforcement? Surface treatment before casting?
How much do you want to raise it then? Syllpapp or plastic is probably easier. You don't want water standing on the floor, right?
If you only need a little, why not use plastic spacers?
Shape and cast with some steel fiber reinforced concrete or alternatively fiber compound?
Drill and knock down some reinforcement first!
Do you understand
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Best regards
If you only need a little, why not use plastic spacers?
Shape and cast with some steel fiber reinforced concrete or alternatively fiber compound?
Drill and knock down some reinforcement first!
Do you understand
?Best regards
As mentioned, it's a garage floor, so it will be wet on the floor from time to time. I will also need to do something about the surface finish eventually (self-leveling compound or similar) since I had to chip away an old patched slope around the walls.
I would like to raise it a few centimeters from the floor level.
Molding and casting is what I spontaneously have in mind. I mostly wanted to throw out the question first to see if any good tips/pointers/warnings come in first.
I would like to raise it a few centimeters from the floor level.
Molding and casting is what I spontaneously have in mind. I mostly wanted to throw out the question first to see if any good tips/pointers/warnings come in first.
I don't think you should use putty. Make a mold and fill it with expanding concrete. It is used to underpin columns in large industrial halls, so it will hold for you too. To be safe, you can drive down an expander a bit into each corner into the existing slab. At the same time, drill down a 16mm threaded rod in the middle, which you can drill a corresponding hole in the column to secure it with.