A contractor came and ripped out a good portion of our garage floor today. We've been in the house two years. Whenever it rained water would pool inside of our garage.

Hopefully this will take care of the problem...

Rick now is the time to put in a drain just in case.

Yup, have the contractor put a drain in the center of the floor and pipe it out to a drainfield or tie it into an existing rainwater drain. Great preventative measure.

Drain to where?? We're off the grid as far as sewage and storm drains.

I just painted my buddys garage floor for him over the weekend with that 2 part epoxy stuff with the flakes that you add and then clear coat over it. Really nice stuff. When I build my garage I will be putting it down for sure.
I also agree with the drain thing. Its always nice to have a drain or 2 in the garage floor.

Dig a hole put 1" rock in it cover with contractor's fabric and there you go a little leach field.

Drain to where?? We're off the grid as far as sewage and storm drains.

Just to outside...I would assume (I probably shouldn't) that you have a french drain around the outside edge of your foundation. Have it run into that or out into the yard. Just some way to allow water to egress from the garage on it's own.

Nevermind you live in AZ you live on rock!

Just to outside...I would assume (I probably shouldn't) that you have a french drain around the outside edge of your foundation. Have it run into that or out into the yard. Just some way to allow water to egress from the garage on it's own.


No drainage system around the house what so ever... It's so bad our scuppers (sp?) dump straight off of our 12 foot high flat roof. National code says that you must dump water so many feet away from the houses foundation walls... Well the loophole is we don't HAVE foundation walls we have "stem walls". :rolleyes:

Worst part is, our soil and this type of slab on ground construction is very susceptable to shrinkage and expansion.:confused:

Look in the photo of the torn out floor. You can see our drainage basin outside, those are 9" river rocks. That area needs to be deepened and extended.

Hey Rick why didn't they take the slab out side out? The slope is running away from the house i hope?

Hey Rick why didn't they take the slab out side out? The slope is running away from the house i hope?


Cause it's being done on their dime as a repair, and you know how expensive concrete is these days...

Yeah it slopes down. There were a couple problems with the old slab. It didn't slope enough, and it had a sunken bowl in the center which trapped the water.

I'm just trusting that this guy wants to get it done right, so he won't have to pay for it to be done again. That's how he's been coming across and he was very good about responding to the situation.

How about get a garage door that seals:p:

What about a sump pump system to pump the water from a drain to your septic tank system?

I'd put a drain strip near the front of pad, next to the door, to catch any incoming water.

As for a drain in the center of the pad - some states building codes disallow that, because you can end up flushing oils and other bad stuff in the storm system (which is a no-no).

Roof drains into gutters, and downspouts which discharge at least 4-feet from foundation. Grading around the house, a minimum of 6-inches of fall a distance 10-feet from the house. Localized mounding next to the foundation a couple of inches high and about 18-inches will also work, use a clayey soil. This is just good construction practice.

Never ever discharge anything but domestic sewage into a drainfield sewage system.

I think you should put a pit in for working on your cars. :thumbsup:

And then when it rains you'll have an indoor pool. :D

How about a 50 gallon drum filled with 1" rock that a drain can flow into?

So, did they come back today and fill it back in?

Or do you still have a hole in the garage?

Yep, all done... We hope:D Actually it looks like it came out very good. They showed me the grade on their "smart level", at several spots along the slab and it all looks good.

I'd put a drain strip near the front of pad, next to the door, to catch any incoming water.

As for a drain in the center of the pad - some states building codes disallow that, because you can end up flushing oils and other bad stuff in the storm system (which is a no-no).

Best idea yet!

Yep, all done... We hope:D Actually it looks like it came out very good. They showed me the grade on their "smart level", at several spots along the slab and it all looks good.

Hope this is the end of your high water days Rick!

Best idea yet!

It is an excellent idea and if by chance we still have a problem, I'll suggest that should be their next "fix".:thumbsup:

kill any snakes in the process? :D

I just painted my buddys garage floor for him over the weekend with that 2 part epoxy stuff with the flakes that you add and then clear coat over it. Really nice stuff. When I build my garage I will be putting it down for sure.
I also agree with the drain thing. Its always nice to have a drain or 2 in the garage floor.

We do a lot of garage floors with this stuff (i'm a painter by trade) and it works great if you use a quality product and not the stuff at the home improvement center.
Rick, if you ever decide to do this let me know and i'll give you some pointers, it's real simple to do;)

Well, so far so good:D

It rained Saturday morning and the garage stayed dry:biggthump

How long does the concrete need to cure before it can be painted??

Wait about 7 days for latex paints and 28 days for oil based paints.

I'd give it a month regardless, if you do decide to go with a pre-mixed concrete paint (water or oil based) make sure it says on the can that it resists hot tire pick up. Most good paint stores carry this kind of paint. We use the 2 part epoxy system and from my experience it's the best stuff out there but it's pricey.

Rick,
This is the type of paint / epoxy / speckles/ clear that I used in my buddys garage.
Stuff looks real nice.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/jiga20001/page4b.jpg

I'll definitely be doing the two part system. I won't be adding speckles though... Hate those things:D

I'll definitely be doing the two part system. I won't be adding speckles though... Hate those things:D


Same here...I did mine in solid gray. No speckles...

I'll definitely be doing the two part system. I won't be adding speckles though... Hate those things:D

At least broadcast sand in to it for a non skid surface. This stuff is very very slipery when finnished and oil, water gets on it!

At least broadcast sand in to it for a non skid surface. This stuff is very very slipery when finnished and oil, water gets on it!

I left mine smooth..my daughter loves the new built in slip 'n' slide when it's wet :D.

It's a heckuva lot easier to clean when you leave the aggregate out. If I had to do it again, I would probably put aggregate in the "walking areas" but not where the cars sit to be worked on.

I used 2 of the epoxy kits from Lowes
$60 each, had half of one left.

I did put the speckles in, I like it and helps when the floor is wet.

wiping up gas, oil, dirt is very easy. I highly recommend it.

Another GS guy... go figure:D:burnout:

They're some of my favorite muscle cars.

Another GS guy... go figure:D:burnout:

They're some of my favorite muscle cars.

What??!! There are more of us here ?!! :eek:

Id like to hear from any other GS guys.. what do you have? any stage 1's?
anyone in Orlando? anyone frequent http://www.v8buick.com/ ? on that board Im cstanley-gs
:burnout:

What??!! There are more of us here ?!! :eek:

Id like to hear from any other GS guys.. what do you have? any stage 1's?
anyone in Orlando? anyone frequent http://www.v8buick.com/ ? on that board Im cstanley-gs
:burnout:

I never owned one. I had a Dodge Dart street strip car.

But, I had a friend with a GS 455 Stage 1 convertable, and another friend with what I believe was a '68 GS 400. I liked them because they weren't Chevelle's... Everyone had a Chebby..:rolleyes:

One of our members, 90ranajo, has a'72 GS 350.

My mom used to have this 69 hurst/olds before i was born.

My mom had a Cutlass too, but not like that one:D

Those were fine cars too... W30?