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    Just Bought House With Below Grade Garage, Help!

    Awesome story! Yes, it's great here. I'm an avid surfer so I enjoy being close to the water. The drains was what I thought would be a fix and the guys who did it were more handy-men than anything and did sort of shotty work. At the moment, we're thinking we'll have to just hope small...
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    Just Bought House With Below Grade Garage, Help!

    Water came in on 1/2" rain through the bottom of the slab (the side buried in dirt). :(
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    Just Bought House With Below Grade Garage, Help!

    I was originally going to put flooring down but yeah, I want to avoid the mold issues as this may be an area my future (wife's pregnant) kid will hang out with me in. This garage was "remodeled" and they replaced the floor sill on one side and I found rot in another section of the floor sill...
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    Just Bought House With Below Grade Garage, Help!

    Yep. This is what I did. I spent $2,300 by installing a drain in front of the garage and a concrete pad for shed storage behind the garage. I originally thought water came in through garage since driveway slope was going to it, which it did. Sadly, after last night's rain, water came under...
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    Just Bought House With Below Grade Garage, Help!

    Hello everyone! I'm new here (clearly). I just purchased a house with a driveway slope going towards the garage and the rest of the garage being below grade. There is a Canyon behind my neighbors where water naturally flows, but sadly, it makes its way in the garage. This garage will be my...
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