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Ok well I guess I'm going to start digging. The base of the floor all the way around was very damp. The back wall of the garage didn't have water on it, but it had a real greasy feel when I wiped my hand across the wall. Here's more pictures, I'm now scared to death the whole back wall of the...

I'm getting ready to put down my epoxy coat floor, and need to know, should I buy polymer Anti slip additive or use the aluminum oxide that came with it? I don't mind the bumps in the finish as I'm sure the flakes will hide that well, but what about walking in bare feet? Not a good idea?

The house was built in 89. I have 2 ideas of what may be a cause. I'll take sons pictures to tonight. 1. The bump out for the garage side door. The water may be getting "dammed" up behind that, not draining properly, and forcing itself in the block. 2. The garage roof in the rear of the house...

Thanks for all the help guys. I contacted the realtor and she is looking into it. As for the two holes, to tell you the truth, I'm not sure what they are. I will look at them tommoriw and let you know for sure, but the water only seemed to be coming from were it's stained a few courses up

Well I just got the house. When we did the home inspection, everything was dry and it Rained that whole day. So fast forward to yesterday, we are prepping the garage to paint, and notice there is water coming down the wall, starting about half way down. Now it rained every day last week...

Thanks for all the help guys!

Huh, never knee there was different blocks like that. Thanks for that! So since it's already coated with the waterproofed, could I just paint over it with regular latex paint?

It already has the white waterproofing paint on it. Would I be able to use regular paint over that?

I appologize, I'm in Maryland. One of my concerns is finding the same color paint for the drywall/block.

If i got a mini split in the future, would i have to frame it out? The walls are in good condition, but i want to paint the garage a "yamaha blue" on the bottom and white on the top. Can i get blue cement paint?

Long story short, im closing on my first home tommorow. It has a 28x23 attached garage. The way the house is built, the rear wall and one side wall of the garage is cinder block, the other (connecting to the house) is frame/drywall. Now my question is, should I frame out and drywall the other...

Should I put plastIc on my walls? And other ideas?

Thank you very much! SO diamond grind, then acid wash? then the floor will be prepped and ready?

Well first off, Im new here. My names Dan, and I am just about to purchase my first house, were closing on May 19th. The thing im most excited about is the 2 1/2 car garage that comes with it. Its 28'x23', and just over 8' cielings. First and foremost, I wanted to lay a floor down before I...