celler roof/Garage floor?

Started by Rickunderhill, January 16, 2005, 07:24:40 PM

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Rickunderhill

Hi All, Im thinking about putting a storm celler under my Garage,  The thing im not sure of is how AND how thick do I make the concrete floor over the celler, It will  have to be thick enough to hold up a car.. See my point?   Is there anyone that can halp?? celler would be about 12'x10'.  :-[

Dustin Hollis

Take a look at www.spancrete.com
They have a diagram of exactly what you want to do, having a car parked over a "basement" under the garage slab.


glenn kangiser

This type of application usually requires a local engineer to design it, then you will know exactly what is necessary. :)
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