Recent content by StrongEagle

Hang a tarp under the garage door rails. Position it so that it is a bit lower at the door end than at the back end. When door opens, water dribbles onto tarp, runs down tarp and splashes to ground at open door.

1956 garage construction. Currently mostly open 2 x 4's in garage. Wall height (from concrete footer) is 100.5 inches - 8 ft, 4.5 inches. The walls have a single 2 x 4 footer and double 2 x 4 headers. My garage flooded to a depth of about six inches during Hurricane Harvey. I want to...

This garage slab was constructed in 1956, along with the house. Houston, Texas, so you know it's sitting on gumbo clay. Drought of 2011 caused cracking in the floor (as you can see from the picture). Now, I've got this new phenomenon. My garage floor flooded to a depth of about six inches...

Thanks for this post. You installation looks very similar to what I would have to do. I have a four inch pipe running down the side of my driveway to the street. I was hoping to avoid all the work of concreting in the drain as you have done but after reading the article I posted at the...

The gent at Trench Drain Systems sent me an informative link. I'm going to have to rethink this. http://plastictrenchdrain.com/

This link was sent to me by the guy at Trench Drain Systems. Making me rethink things. http://plastictrenchdrain.com/

This forum is a great find as I am about to embark on a thorough upgrade of my garage. To start, I need to deal with drainage. Over the last 25 years, the drought in Houston and overall settlement of driveway and garage slab have caused a low spot that causes water to pool in the driveway and...