Question:
I had my new shop installed this fall, its 24x47 setting on a 24x48
slab. The problem is the
1 foot of concrete in front of the garage doors, the rain runs under
the garage doors into the
shop. Im thinking of grinding a few grooves from the edge of the
concrete pad to the garage
door area, using a diamond blade on a side grinder. The metal doors
have a rubber strip on
the bottom but this dosent stop all the rain water.
Has anyone had a similar problem, if so how did you fix the problem?
Answer:
My old shop door - a doublewide garage door - was at the north end of a
long flat driveway and in the winter the prevailing south wind would drive the
infamous Seattle rain under the door. The former owner had a long 2x4 he'd put
across the outside bottom of the door, said it helped a lot. When I designed my
new shop (just a shoebox extension down the driveway) I told the concrete guys I
wanted a trench drain. They said no need, they'd slope the skirt a little and it
would be dry. They did, it is.
Anyway, the cheapest solution is to simply lay something like wood down.
If so, I'd try a French drain
straight across the front and lay sheet steel over it when I had to roll
something heavy in or out.
