How to put up a very small barrier on concrete to stop water …
Apr 23, 2015 · I have a concrete driveway that leads to the garage, with a very slight slope towards the garage. When it really rains hard, the water comes down into the garage. I don't want a very high barrier, just about an inch I guess would do.
How do I prevent water from streaming into my driveway?
Jun 2, 2015 · You need to give the water a path that's more attractive (ie, lower) than your driveway. With your driveway being considerably lower than the road, it's currently the attractive path. If you only build up your driveway, you'll create a pond on the left side of the driveway since your lawn is also lower than the road.
Can I erect a barrier to keep water out of my garage?
Jul 30, 2011 · The house has an integrated garage with swing-open (horizontally opening) doors. The garage floor is about 2-3 inches lower than the driveway, with the bottom of the doors being below the drop-off where the driveway meets the garage floor. The garage gets some water in it, and when it storms it gets a lot of water.
Driveway Gutter / Rain Guide? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
May 29, 2011 · When it rains hard, water sheets across the driveway, then courses along one side, killing the grass and creating lots of mud and soggy ground. It then crosses over to the other side of the driveway and does the same thing further down, before it ends up at an extremely soggy patch at the end of the driveway.
waterproofing - Can I create a water proof barrier to keep my …
Another thing to try, as mentioned earlier is to divert the water, Option 1: - install a better rubber seal to prevent water from entering the garage. Garage Door Hump - Rubber. The other option (although quite rough in the example), is a cement hump …
drainage - How do I limit the water flowing through my neighbor's …
May 6, 2020 · One line of argument would be that if the amount of water put down was less that an abnormal rainfall, then it's not considered an unnatural event. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that if the up-hill homeowner had made changes in his property that increased the amount of runoff, such as by paving or maybe a pool, the that property owner may ...
drainage - How to divert rain water from walkway? - Home …
Mar 12, 2024 · I’m going with this solution, adding a channel drain to walkway where water pools, 20 feet of pipe and a pop up emitter. Plenty of slope. I figured this way I can drain rain falling on the walkway as well As water coming out of the downspout. The only thing is, I just picked up pipe from Home Depot and got perforated triple wall..
How to get water in my basement to flow to the floor drain
On one side of my house, the bottom of the door sits a few inches below the driveway, so water can just pour into it. There are also two small windows, without window wells, that sit just as low. I think some water also seeps in through the foundation wall, though I need to scrape all the parging off before I can see where exactly –
Best way to re-route the water from AC drip line
Jul 14, 2023 · Water leaking towards the foundation. I am not too concerned about (3) since rain probably causes more water to get that close to the foundation, but I feel like there likely is a better way to route the water from basically dripping under the unit slowly until it …
How do I prevent water from collecting against side of house?
The house has a concrete pad up against the house that connects to the asphalt driveway and has no slope. The adjacent basement wall is bowed 3". A licensed foundation expert indicated the hydro-static pressure caused the wall to bow.