I need a floor coating with a water block

[GMracer]

I PMed the epoxy floor guy but no response. So I need some direction, I did some searching but was unable to find exactly what I needed, and if its there then sorry, I must have read right over it. Here is my PM
I have two garage floors, a 2 bay and a single bay. My two bay stays dry not matter when. But my single bay floor is soaken and disgusting if its humid or raining. I need to stop that asap, mainly because I'm building a hotrod in there and it's terrible to work on. So I searched and found you post from January about how to do it when its completely dry and such, but I was wondering how and what I need to do my floor. It's roughly 16x24. If you could point me in the right direction and some prices I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks man!

Basically I need a coating that has a hydrualic lock to keep water from seaping through onto the surface.

 

[nate379]

They sell it at the box stores. Made for basements and what not.

 

[GMracer]

I wasn't sure if there was something better I should be looking for, again I'm sorry if this is a repetative question, I'm just sick of wet floors.

 

[thegarageguy]

Your answer lies in a professional's hands. Waterproofing primers can be used or in some cases I prefer to use a self leveling urethane cement.

 

[GMracer]

I really don't have the extra cash to hire a professional for this. Plus I'm pretty sure i could handle a job like this, I've been doing construction for years, and branched off in many directions. Not trying toot my own horn, just saying I should be able to tackle it. Plus it doesn't need to be the top of the line stuff, just enough to prevent water from coming through the surface.

 

[foss]

I PMed the epoxy floor guy but no response. So I need some direction, I did some searching but was unable to find exactly what I needed, and if its there then sorry, I must have read right over it. Here is my PM
I have two garage floors, a 2 bay and a single bay. My two bay stays dry not matter when. But my single bay floor is soaken and disgusting if its humid or raining. I need to stop that asap, mainly because I'm building a hotrod in there and it's terrible to work on. So I searched and found you post from January about how to do it when its completely dry and such, but I was wondering how and what I need to do my floor. It's roughly 16x24. If you could point me in the right direction and some prices I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks man!

Basically I need a coating that has a hydrualic lock to keep water from seaping through onto the surface.

I haven't noticed the epoxy floor guy on here lately

 

[jkrswld]

Have you considered that DryLock stuff?

 

[btgd]

http://www.citadelfloors.com/index.htm

They have a polmatrix waterproofing gel covers at 200sf/g ($175-200/g)

They can put you in contact with a local installer.

I use it on my installs

 

[thegarageguy]

Your first and biggest mistake would be to take advice from epoxy floor guy. Good luck on your project

 

['the epoxy floor guy']

Your first and biggest mistake would be to take advice from epoxy floor guy. Good luck on your project

Man, I don't visit this forum for 5 months and Still Vitriol HATE.

Look at my blog and see how much effort I have put in FREE advice. Many have taken advantage of.

what is the address of your blog?

 

[thegarageguy]

No hate here. Just difficult to trust advice when there may be an ulterior motive.

No blog for me, all my free advice comes via this forum with no strings attached. My opinions and statements come from years of rolling up my sleeves in the real world environment. Not from a product data sheet.

Btw, hows your super duper single component acrylic that is 10x stronger than epoxy selling? Did your contest help any?

 

[oldgeek]

I am selling nothing nor work for anyone who does, just a simple professor.

The concern I would have is figuring out where the water is coming from. If it is from the ground up, it could hydrostatic pressure. Ok big deal what does that mean. Well if you block it from coming up, it will go somewhere and having that go to your other floors would not be a good deal. Think a a ballon filled with water, you push to one side and it goes to the other. I don't know the distance between the garages, but just a thought.

Given it is a single garage and you intend to rebuild a hot rod, I might consider building a slightly raised floor with pressure treated wood, like sort of like a deck. You can cover that inexpensively and enjoy building.

It is difficult to recommend an approach with limited information.