I need opinions and help

[Icefrogg]

So I live in a row house and I have a garage in the back of my house facing the alley. It was built before I bought the house. Basically they built it on the concrete slab which slopes towards the back of the garage so water rests up against the wood. The water leaks through a little. Now I noticed because the temperatures have been very cold that the concrete shifted in the garage.

I was originally planning on getting the back wall torn down this spring and having the garage extended a couple feet since its only 14 feet long and then having basically a trench in the concrete to run the water off from hitting the garage wall....well now with the shifting I don't know what to do. I don't have a huge budget so I really don't want to go the tear down and rebuild route. What is everyone's thoughts















This gap has always been there...

 

[rburke65]

Welcome icefrogg....from Ohio! Is there any way to prevent the water from entering the garage?

 

[83c10submariner]

When the spring comes and there is no more snow seal where the wood meets the concrete on the outside with some tubes of roof patch it remains flexible even in cold and will stick to concrete. Then do whatever you can to divert the water from running towards the garage. If it's concrete around the garage cut some shallow v notches to where the water can drain.

 

[Icefrogg]

I mean it's not much water getting in. I have a towel laying down on the inside of the floor by the door and it absorbs it. It's not much. I used flashing and put it up against the wall to help block the water and used sealant at the bottom but I guess that was only a good enough bandaid.

Any ideas for the inside of garage and the floor shifting.

 

[Icefrogg]

And thanks for the welcome

 

[ZRX61]

14ft deep garage??

 

[Icefrogg]

Yea it's small. It's like 14 and a half deep by 15 wide. I can fit my four door Ford Focus in there with probably 5 inches to spare.

 

[Kaizen]

imo i wouldn't spend any money on that thing besides maybe adding some framing. the concrete has and probably will heave every winter. you can add some drainagie like a French drain but that's about all i would do. chances are they put the crete right ontop of soil or it was originally a patio.

 

[G McKay]

I would do something with that fence so that the snow could not lay up against the siding for such a long period. And the corner of the building needs trim- to keep the cold air, water and snow out of the building.

I don't know what to do about the gap under the door. That's pretty big. The pictures are so close up, it is hard to gauge the distances between things. But you definitely need to seal up that building a little better.