Maximum Slope For A Garage Floor

As a general rule of thumb most floor to floor height requirements range from 10 to 12 feet.

Maximum slope for a garage floor.

The apron in front of the garage smooths the transition for the vehicle from the driveway into the garage and acts as a barrier to debris and moisture. Determining the angle of your floor s slope provides a simple method to level work surfaces in the garage. For improved efficiency the garage with two way traffic with end bay parking must have 180 ft. Minimums are limited to 8 feet 2 inches for van accessible structures and 7 feet for standard parking entrances.

Here is the citation from the international residential code irc. Aci 117 90 st andard specifications for tolerances for concrete construction and materials gives a level alignment tolerance of 3 4 inch for top of slab elevation of slabs on grade. A 2 slope will probably ensure better drainage we could also find no slope tolerance for use when a floor slope is specified. Actually a very slight slope like 1 16 will get rid of the water with a little help from a squeegie.

If the floor is hand screeded and isn t re leveled during the finishing process you may get a few minor birdbaths with the 1 8 ft slope but nothing a quick squeegie won t fix. Of ramp two end bays of48 feet and two spandrel widths of one foot. The building code requires that a garage floor be sloped towards the door but does not specify a minimum slope. It is usually 1 8 to 1 4 per foot.

For a garage with two way traffic there is typically 180 feet of ramp two end bays of 28 feet and two spandrel widths of 1 foot. The apron s length depends on the required slope more length is needed to reduce steep slopes.