My garage floor at my new house is not graded properly, nor does it have a drain so I have standing water from the snow and slush. I have just been squeegeeing it outside, but that’s getting old.
Does anyone use the rubber mats that hold the water in? Which ones do you have and where did you get it?
I have the same problem and solution.
if you had a rubber mat full of water, how is that any better?
If the water was to stay repective to the vehicle area, its better than it running into the areas that I walk through to get into my house. Having a garage without a drain is annoying in the winter.
I really havent found a good solution either, all the ones I looked into were either not cheap or not a good solution. Seems like using the squeegee is the best solution.
because you could stand on the mat instead of water? idk, lol.
Maybe a shop vac.
Or you could always use a cement blade in a circular saw to cut grooves for water to drain in if there is any sort of slope. then make a well in the low spot through the floor some how of a given diameter. then use a post hole digger to go down 3 feet or so, fill with rock. just like in old basements kinda.
Pretty much what Jeller said. The water will stay in one place, not flow to the corners or along the wall getting my boxes, tools, objects, etc. soaking wet. Also, I can pull the rubber mat full of water in the driveway and empty it, or just shop vac it right up.
EDIT: Oh and not to forget to mention that it would stop the concrete from pitting and cracking from the road salt.
Can’t drill into the slab, there is another garage underneath this one, therefore no drainage of any kind is really possible.
Yeah that’s the same problem I’m running into… the one that I see all over the place is the “clean park” mats and they are pretty lame, considering the edge pieces to contain the water are 2 foot plastic clips and the corners just butt up against one another. There’s no way they will hold the water in place.
I was going to suggest these for the areas not occupied by the cars, or these under the car and solid one elsewhere:
I am picking up a bunch of the coin pattern ones this weekend to use in my laungry room since the floor isn’t smooth and it has been painted a couple times and it’s all peeling.
If there is a garage below, what about drilling in a drain in the low spot(s) and running PVC pipe on the ceiling of the garage below to a safe exit point for hte water?
Or is it possible to grind dow a bit in the concrete towards an exit area enough to get it to drain that way? If you only have to take it down 1/4" or so, that might not be a bad option, although it might take you a bit with a good size grinder.
Get some pigs and lay a barrier to direct it where you want it if you are just trying to keep it away from stuff.