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Old Posted Feb 6, 2018, 2:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown View Post
Someone who understands, please explain. Why are they building the garage before pouring the concrete for the ground floor? Is it because they're driving the heavy construction equipment over the area? Would that damage the concrete, so they wait and do it last?
For the most part yes. More than likely the foundation for the garage is piers/grade beams. Therefore there is no need to pour the garage floor until the very end as it is not apart of the structure per se... which saves it from damage from heavy construction equipment.
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