Can I set concrete bases for garage cabinets, directly on the existing
garage floor? Concrete bases are for providing a level surface and
elevated surface for floor to ceiling style garage melamanie (sp?)
cabinets. They would be approximately 4 inches tall, formed out of 2x4
or 2x6 depending on top elevation of base to garage floor slope. The
garage floor concrete is new and I wasn't planning on any steel or
connections from new/old concrete.

You could use concrete, but easier would be a wood frame with adjustable
legs

m Ransley wrote:
You could use concrete, but easier would be a wood frame with
adjustable legs

Or just PT 2x4s fastened to the floor.

Only potential problem I can see with concrete curbs is the possibility
of moisture wicking up to the melamine (particle) board. Not a real
problem IMO.

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dadiOH wrote:

m Ransley wrote:
You could use concrete, but easier would be a wood frame with
adjustable legs

Or just PT 2x4s fastened to the floor.
....

I'm thinking OP has sloped floor so he's thinking he can pour level...

2x works if shimmed or tapered, of course.

Duane Bozarth wrote:
dadiOH wrote:

m Ransley wrote:
You could use concrete, but easier would be a wood frame with
adjustable legs

Or just PT 2x4s fastened to the floor.
...

I'm thinking OP has sloped floor so he's thinking he can pour
level...

2x works if shimmed or tapered, of course.

I am in the arid southwest (az) and moisture doesn't tend to be an
issue. The reason for the elevated concrete platforms is two fold.
The garage floor slopes out to the door, and the concrete bases would
be level at their surface. And with the cabinets elevated on concrete,
I can hose out the garage floor without getting the cabinet wet or
having them sitting in the water. It is a very common where I am at...
I am trying to figure out if it can be done retrofitted on a garage
floor, or if it is more common to integrate into the original concrete
work...

wrote:
I am trying to figure out if it can be done retrofitted on a
garage floor, or if it is more common to integrate into the original
concrete work...

Sure you can, no reason not AFAIK. If it were me, I'd probably spike
them to the slab with a few 1/2" rebar pieces set into drilled holes
maybe an inch or so deep in the slab.

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On 1/25/2005 8:58 AM US(ET), took fingers to
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Can I set concrete bases for garage cabinets, directly on the existing
garage floor? Concrete bases are for providing a level surface and
elevated surface for floor to ceiling style garage melamanie (sp?)
cabinets. They would be approximately 4 inches tall, formed out of 2x4
or 2x6 depending on top elevation of base to garage floor slope. The
garage floor concrete is new and I wasn't planning on any steel or
connections from new/old concrete.


I just built a wooden frame out of 2 x 4s, tapered to level for my old
kitchen base cabinets, now serving as storage cabinets. They aren't even
fastened to the floor or to the cabinets. The cabinets are screwed to
the wall studs, same as is done in the kitchen. Been there about 15
years now.

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wrote:

....
I am trying to figure out if it can be done retrofitted on a garage
floor, or if it is more common to integrate into the original concrete
work...

Hadn't thought of it, but seems perfectly reasonable approach...

No problem. You planning on a solid block or just a 3" wide (say) dam
to set the base on? Probably would pay to run a piece of bar through it
to help w/ cracking if it's a very long run. If is going to be full
raised slab would definitely put a piece of reinforcing mesh in...

If slab probably enough weight to not need to worry about tie into
existing slab. Otherwise, I'd probably drill a hole in the existing slab
and put a few pieces of short bar in to hold it in place....

Solid concrete. Basically a 24 inch deep step that goes the length of
both sides of the garage, similiar to a washer/dryer step up commonly
found in the rear portion of a garage that has that equipment. I have
alot of other concrete showing up for other jobs, so it just a matter
of adding it to an order...


Duane Bozarth wrote:
wrote:

...
I am trying to figure out if it can be done retrofitted on a garage
floor, or if it is more common to integrate into the original
concrete
work...

Hadn't thought of it, but seems perfectly reasonable approach...

No problem. You planning on a solid block or just a 3" wide (say)
dam
to set the base on? Probably would pay to run a piece of bar through
it
to help w/ cracking if it's a very long run. If is going to be full
raised slab would definitely put a piece of reinforcing mesh in...

If slab probably enough weight to not need to worry about tie into
existing slab. Otherwise, I'd probably drill a hole in the existing
slab
and put a few pieces of short bar in to hold it in place....

wrote:

Solid concrete. Basically a 24 inch deep step that goes the length of
both sides of the garage, similiar to a washer/dryer step up commonly
found in the rear portion of a garage that has that equipment. I have
alot of other concrete showing up for other jobs, so it just a matter
of adding it to an order...

In that case, just make sure your forms are adequate and the existing
slab is clean and dampen it....laying down a piece of wire mesh would be
good but not mandatory. You finishing? Got a corner edging tool to put
a nice finish on the corners on hand?

OBTW, you might consider at least one or two expansion joints in a
relatively thin pour like that for that length...

Duane Bozarth wrote:
wrote:

Solid concrete. Basically a 24 inch deep step that goes the length of
both sides of the garage, similiar to a washer/dryer step up commonly
found in the rear portion of a garage that has that equipment. I have
alot of other concrete showing up for other jobs, so it just a matter
of adding it to an order...

In that case, just make sure your forms are adequate and the existing
slab is clean and dampen it....laying down a piece of wire mesh would be
good but not mandatory. You finishing? Got a corner edging tool to put
a nice finish on the corners on hand?

OBTW, you might consider at least one or two expansion joints in a
relatively thin pour like that for that length...

If you wanted to get carried away, you'd dowel it (short lengths of rebar
epoxied into holes drilled in the slab) and replicate any expansion joints
in the slab in the new pour.

For such a trivial application, tho, I'd just have 'em pour the new
concrete on forms in place on the wet but otherwise bare concrete.
There'll be some motion and some cracking, but it's such a light duty use
that shouldn't really cause any problems.



John
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On 25 Jan 2005 05:58:23 -0800, wrote:

Can I set concrete bases for garage cabinets, directly on the existing
garage floor? Concrete bases are for providing a level surface and
elevated surface for floor to ceiling style garage melamanie (sp?)
cabinets. They would be approximately 4 inches tall, formed out of 2x4
or 2x6 depending on top elevation of base to garage floor slope. The
garage floor concrete is new and I wasn't planning on any steel or
connections from new/old concrete.

Don't see why not.


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