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So, after taking some suggestions from the members here, I'm trying my first band-aid solution. Completed cost: $12. The mention of 'used billboard tarps' made me think of the pole-barn that collapsed last winter here. The metal is gone, but I hadn't thrown out the big pieces of the...

There we go, I like this.

Thanks so much for the help all, I really appreciate the input.

It is a drain, I do agree that the placement is wrong. There was a perforated cover on it that I removed so water would have an easier time getting in there when I was pushing it with a squeegee. Any water dumped in it ends up in being dumped out the rock wall next to the garage and into the...

I don't love the idea of cutting the floor, but if I was going to have it redone I was thinking the cuts would get filled then. http://www.elite-xpressions.com/flooring_parksmart_cleanpark.htm Has anybody tried these? For $500 I could tub both vehicles. Put a hole in one where the drain...

I don't love the idea of cutting the floor, but if I was going to have it redone I was thinking the cuts would get filled then. http://www.elite-xpressions.com/flooring_parksmart_cleanpark.htm Has anybody tried these? For $500 I could tub both vehicles. Maybe run a hose from them to the drain?

I think I may try cutting a few shallow grooves as a band-aid fix until this summer when I can get a concrete guy in here to properly fix the floor. It should at least act as a boundary for the water. It seems like adding some material is the only option to really get it right. Tiles might...

So we bought our house last winter and didn't use the garage too much, it was more of a staging area for boxes and such. This winter we're using it as a garage and what we thought was a minor problem has turned out to be a major one: The drain doesn't drain. Well, if you pour water into it, it...