Flooding in the shop

[m151dave]

Here in Oklahoma, we are getting a ****-load of rain. My neighbor's back yard has flooded and has started flowing into my yard. My shop is a 35x35 corrugated metal wall structure. All around the building is a two foot wide sidewalk which is flush to the wall.

The water on the east wall is standing about 3 inches above the sidewalk. I figure it is seeping in where cement meets siding.

My question is this..... do you think it will do any good, once things dry up, to run caulk or tar or something around the wall where it meets the sidewalk?

Or is it just going to leak anyway?

 

[jd_1138]

I think you need to address drainage first. Maybe do a swale around your shop, so that water doesn't even get the chance to come in.

And of course have rain gutters on your shop with extensions on the down spouts.

 

[Cyberbear]

If you have that much excess water, you need to definitely consider some method of draining the water away from your building. Having a swamp situation, if even for short periods of time, can play hell with your foundation causing level shifts and cracking. Don't wait too long to address this issue.

 

[m151dave]

If you have that much excess water, you need to definitely consider some method of draining the water away from your building. Having a swamp situation, if even for short periods of time, can play hell with your foundation causing level shifts and cracking. Don't wait too long to address this issue.

I have a call in to the city. Asking them to come fix the drainage ditch. No answer so far. Hell it is so wet here I found 2 moles drowned out in my yard! When you walk around, water bubbles up out of the ground around your feet.

I tried to dig out the ditch a bit but was not able to make anything flow. Need bigger tools than a shovel. I thought about buying a pump and pumping it out across the road, that ditch seems to be working. but not sure the neighbors would appreciate it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I think you need to address drainage first. Maybe do a swale around your shop, so that water doesn't even get the chance to come in.

And of course have rain gutters on your shop with extensions on the down spouts.

I agree with the drainage too.


It's reasons like this why I suggest people not pour a pad and frame the wall right directly on it. I'd rather have it sit on a course of block, curb or short stem wall. When the sidewalk and shop floor are poured level at one time, I believe the owner is only asking for future trouble. My step-brother is going through this right now with his Amish built shop.