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Joe, are you saying the sewer pipe just ended to the ground surface in the woods? No septic tank or drain field? I’ve been in houses where one sewer line went to city sewer, and the other line went to a septic tank. The houses were built before common usage of sewer pumps.
Yep, no septic tank, just straight to the ground in the woods. I'm surprised that there wasn't more of an obvious issue, but it was just one toilet and shower. This house was built in 1995 and both lines were put in during build from what I can tell. I'm just in awe.
I saw it earlier and thought it was a grey water line. Although it confused me as to why I would have something like that.
So my concrete pad slopes slightly towards the door and that has been causing lots of water to get into the garage. The pad has a low spot near a corner of one of the doors to make the problem even worse.
So, I bought some
. I got them installed the other day. They do a pretty good job, but we have only had one rain since I installed them.
That time, I had a tiny bit of water in the garage and some water sitting outside the garage at the threshold. We will see how it goes when we get more rain.
The blue arrow indicates the main direction of water flow.
It is always hard to stop water coming in around the garage door. With it not really sealing good along with the wind blowing the rain different directions at some times.
Now you have me wondering Joe. My concrete outside the door has a definite slope to it away from the door but I need to check if there is a seal on the door. Might need to do the same thing. I will look at that when I get back from New Brunswick. I heard we were getting a lot of rain at home so will have my wife or neighbor take a look for water. Not the best view but there is definitely a slope.
Looks like yours is sloped in the proper direction. My doors have a bottom seal on them, but they just weren't cutting it. It was mostly going around the ends of the seals. You will most likely be fine with the slope you have and the standard garage door bottom seals.
Joe, that's a shame your concrete guys weren't more careful about getting the slope of your pad right. I would think getting that right would have been one of their most important considerations. You're going to be living with that for a long time.
When we built our garage, one of the features I wanted was a floor drain. I've never had a garage with a drain, and thought it would be nice to have one in my declining years. I got my drain alright, but it's never been used. The garage floor is pretty much flat, and the drain sits there in the middle high and dry. I assumed that sloping floors would just naturally be included if a customer asked for a drain, but I was wrong, and wasn't around when the concrete was poured.
I guess the reality of all this is that nothing in life is perfect, and we need to be thankful for what we have. Your shop is great! You'll enjoy it--even if a little water comes in under the door now and then.
Looks like yours is sloped in the proper direction. My doors have a bottom seal on them, but they just weren't cutting it. It was mostly going around the ends of the seals. You will most likely be fine with the slope you have and the standard garage door bottom seals.
I believe so. The doors also face East. Not much weather/ wind from that direction.
There is a fairly elegant option to address your drainage needs, it's called a linear channel drain. While these devices are easy to install at the time the pavement is poured, it is still possible to install them afterward, you just have to cut the channel in the concrete. Here is a pic of what one style looks like...
I find it hard to believe you would have any problem with a driveway approach as steep as your's Joe. It must be that little foot or so of concrete in front of the door between the door frame? They usually slop that a little to the outside. Mine leaks sometime when we get a driving wind from the south!
I can't believe these concrete guys can be so thoughtless and careless! My brother was a concrete contractor for years. I worked for him while in college and a couple of years afterward. You put a drain in, you make that the low point of the floor. The entrance to a garage is sloped away from the garage floor.
I notice sidewalks in town. I see a lot of lousy finishes. I hate to see edger marks in sidewalks after the broom finish was done. The broom finish should be the last thing you do. Some of these contractors do a little of everything and don't care or know about finishing concrete. They broom their concrete when it is too wet. Then they go back and run the edgers. Very poor! They don't take the time to trowel it enough.
Yeah, I wish they had done better on that. I'm shocked at how much water goes toward the doors with just that little space. I have gutters.
Next storm I need to go out and sit and watch the water flow to see if I can see why a 1 foot section gets so much water.
Well, the boss wants barn tin lining the roof and upper sides to hide the ugly insulation. So, I found a deal on a bunch if used barn tin. They are 11 feet sheets about 26" wide.
Now the challenge is getting them put up. I figured I would start at my loft since I can get closer to the roof a lot easier there. I'm pondering if I could use a drywall lift, but I'm not sure one would go high enough for me. I might end up renting a scissor lift.
On Monday I went out and got a sheet up in the loft and was pondering how one person can get something in place. It was in the mid 90's so I didn't last long. This week will have several days over 100. I'm beginning to think this should be a fall project.
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