Recent content by Moxie

Here's a round up of the possible solutions to flooding from sloped driveway: - Extending the storm drain across the driveway sounds more reasonable now that we have a pipe, though why didn't the builders do this in the first place? It might be that they hit an edge of the giant rock shelf that...

Eureka!!!!!!! There were a whole lot of great responses over the weekend. Earlier this week, we excavated the drain down about 18” , about twice as deep as the point where the concrete walls stop, without finding a pipe. I took some more photos and was about to send my response when I...

Thank you again, everyone! A light bulb went on when it was suggested that the sump pump could be inside the garage. I have a temporary solution, at least. There's an old laundry sink right inside the garage door by the leaky corner. I can put a sump pump under it, run a hose through that...

Thanks so much for all the responses!! I am reading them carefully-- meanwhile, I've uploaded a photo so the rest of you know what I'm talking about.

Right you are :thumbup:, I'll run out and take some after breakfast

Hello, I wrote in a question a couple of weeks ago but didn't receive any responses. Maybe the title of my old post was confusing, so I'll try again. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335285 Here's the tl;dr summary: Below-ground garage is flooded from rain flowing down...

Are the shakes stained or are they the original unstained color? I did a lot of research into this last year, and found that shakes would last longest if not treated in any way. So I reluctantly put the project on hold. If you really want to stain, though, I hear the following: - pressure...

I'm in the middle of a similar process (though we're having more trouble with water than critters.) I've become a big fan of using PVC boards, rather than real wood. Once it's painted, you can't tell the difference... and no more worrying about rot or termites!

Over the past few weekends I've been renovating our old wooden garage door, which had rot on the bottom panel and trim. Rain used to flow down our sloped driveway, under the door, and create a 12 foot long puddle. I removed rotted sections, soaked with anti-rot compound, and Bondo'd the holes...

Thanks, that's helpful! I looked up air-tight drywall and came up with a couple of links: http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-to/departments/energy-smart-details/airtight-drywall.aspx http://www.doityourself.com/stry/airtightdrywallcaulk and it led me to follow up to learn about "simple caulk...

Hello, My question has to do with preventing car fumes from getting into the living space from the garage. We recently moved into a house originally constructed in the 50s but with a second floor and additions from the 80s. There's a driveway that slopes down to a one-car garage that opens to a...