I have an customer that has an existing 4″ pad they want a garage built on. Due to neighborhood restrictions, the front side of the garage must be brick. They want a 3′ apron on the front side of the slab. (Slab is 21′ deep, garage will be 18′ deep) I have two questions…
Without a true brick ledge are there any issues with the brick sitting on the slab? There will not be a lot of brick as the front side will have a 9′ x 7′ garage door and a man door. Garage will be 9′ walls, 4/12 trusses.
Secondly, are there any issues I need to worry about in my framing regarding lintel, etc? Any garages I have done in the past have been strictly vinyl. (I am not sure who is doing the masonry on this yet) Any info would be appreciated.
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No issue with brick bearing on a slab-on-grade. The lintel you refer to must mean the angle iron that carries the brick over the garage door opening. Just make sure it is beefy (3/8", at least, or whatever the engineer says) and that it is securely bolted to the header beam. Those angle iron lintels will sag over time.
Brickie-
Thanks for the quick reply. Is bolting it to the header something a mason typically takes care of or does the carpenter (me) handle that?
Any competant person can do it. The mason will know what elevation is best.
frost heave sitting on slab. You might check into brick panel sheets.
Frost heave should not be an issue as the garage will be on the same slab. They should move at the same time.
Really?
Yep ,least ways in central Illinois it works that way.