Water control, Snow melting off car

[mz44]

I have a heated 30x40 with a flat floor with no drains. When the snow and ice melts off the underside of the vehicles it puddles and sometimes runs over to the side of garage where I have things stacked. I am trying to keep the water from getting under everything. I try to knock as much off before I pull in but I can't get it all.
Any ideas on controlling this?
Pig mats work good but are kind of expensive for this application.

 

[Muzzy]

Get a cow mat from tractor supply, rip it into 3.5" strips. Put a 2x4 on top and anchor it to the floor to create a dam around the car.
Paint the 2x4 bright yellow to help avoid tripping on it.

Or park outside.....

 

[theoldwizard1]

If it is running to one side you are fighting gravity. You'll need a big mat with a ridge.

If you have one obvious low spot, install a floor drain with no drain pipe. Dig down a couple of feet. Press some landscape fabric in the hole and fill with gravel. Place a pastic drain cap on it. The couple of gallons of water down the drain won't hurt any thing and the gravel will prevent to soil on the sides from coming in.

Worst case, when you go to sell your place, remove the cap and some of the gravel and fill with cement.

 

[Rc_Guy]

Park Smart Mat

 

[Rc_Guy]

Park Smart mat

 

[oldcpecdr]

Squeegee... Big One..... easy !!!!!!

 

[kbs2244]

Cow mat and such will work.
But when I had the problem I would stop by the local carpeting store and ask to have some scraps dropped off.
They were garbage to them, and when they wouldn't soak up any more snow, they were garbage to me.

They were usually cut into 3 foot strips, which worked great.

 

[MikeF2316]

If you're a newspaper reader like me, just toss down the old ones around your car. I do the same, I try to get as much off the car as possible before putting it in the garage, but some remains. Generally, I don't have to pick up any until spring, they dry out enough between storms.

 

[rburke65]

Concrete saw and cut a Jeff in the floor to the door.

 

[ItsNemo]

Floor squeegee works well...blast of compressed air or pressure washer before coming in the door to get big chunks off.

 

[Mister68]

Had the same problem and all I did was find the deepest point in the puddle and drilled a 1/2” hole through the slab. The little amount of water from snow melt won’t hurt anything below.

 

[T_R]

I just push it out the door with a squeegee. It only takes a minute.

 

[finn]

Floor squeegee works for me.

The big one with the hooked ends doesn’t work as well as a shorter straight one for puddled water, but is best for slush.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Concrete saw and cut a Jeff in the floor to the door.

A Jeff ?



I use a squeegee or broom in my garage to get the water out the door and to the drain. I also put my tonneau cover on during the Winter. If I have snow on the cover, I broom it off before pulling into the garage.

 

[Burl]

In my 2-car garage under the house, the drain in the center is the highest point in the floor, not my doing but something I have to deal with. Squeeges are good, just hard to do when the car is in the garage. The water runs to the walls first and then you have trouble. The mats seem like they will work.

 

[bwringer]

Concrete saw and cut a Jeff in the floor to the door.

Where will you find a Jeff to sacrifice?

Poor Jeff...




(It's really kinda sad that autocorrect doesn't know the word "kerf".)

 

[mz44]

I have a squeegee but hard to use without pulling vehicle out. After I park I don't really want to wait an hour or two to go and squeegee the melt. I was thinking more of a "moveable dam" maybe old carpet stapled to a 2x6 or something, just to temporarily control the puddle until I can squeegee.

 

[RVDan]

A big tarp and a bunch of pool noodles under the perimeter so the water has nowhere to go but out the door.

 

[Kpaige]

I had the same issue. We used self leveling epoxy to build up the edges.

 

[lonestarky]

https://www.griotsgarage.com/produc...R7j5xJuXpivlhGt1BnyxmQjPFPTz0pdRoCrvgQAvD_BwE

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[bob15]

Pick-up whatever you have on the floor and put it a shelf. Problem solved.

 

[Barnabas]

Water containment system for a mobile car wash. Like a 4" tall kiddie pool with spongy sides you can drive over. Let the captured water evaporate or use a shop vac to remove it.

Here is an example
http://www.detailking.com/store-home/mobile-auto-detailing-equipment/car-wash-mats/

 

[mz44]

Pick-up whatever you have on the floor and put it a shelf. Problem solved.

A pair of wooden base cabinets with a counter top between them, a table saw on a stand, floor jacks, etc. Stuff that is usually not stored on a shelf.

 

[PassnThru]

I have a hand held carpet cleaner that stopped spraying at some point. It will, however, still **** up water. I will go out after an hour or so and **** the water up where it is pooling. Then dump it outside. It takes some time but the water gets removed from the garage. You could probably pick up a used one cheap - a full size upright model would be even quicker.

 

[bob15]

A pair of wooden base cabinets with a counter top between them, a table saw on a stand, floor jacks, etc. Stuff that is usually not stored on a shelf.

So your floor jacks never get wet or dirty? I guess maybe you don't use them. A table saw on a steel stand.....what is the worry? This is stuff that water doesn't hurt.

Is this the first time you've ever seen snow in your life? Have you ever driven a vehicle inside during a rain storm?

All you need for a shelf is a 2x on the floor with a piece of plywood on top of it; been being done in New England houses/homes for years....in basements and garages.

 

[Rod N]

Or just put your stuff on some bricks.

 

[Speleo]

I went to the carpet store, and bought a remnant of indoor/outdoor carpeting. Big enough for the whole stall.
As soon as the car comes in, knock off the 'fenderburgs' and throw them outside.
The car will drip, but it will be absorbed into the carpet. Carpet is wet, but designed to be on occasion. A good hose out in the spring fixes everything. Almost ten years that way.

Less than $150.00 for two stalls, both vehicles.

Bruce

 

[Kpaige]

see if you can have some used epdm rubber roof. They pull stuff off all the time and ussually keep it and use it for patching worn roofs. I would suggest reinforced epdm it has fiber cords running through it.
Good thing is you can use black epdm glue ( contact cement) and glue it together on the edgers so you have an area to slip in the pool noodles. Then when summer comes remove the noodles and roll it up. I would make it so the end sticks out of the garage for wuick squeegee cleaning.
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[Bluevista]

They need to make a Roomba thing that ***** up and automatically empties water...
I always get a bunch of snow dripping off my tractor/snowblower in my heated (50 degrees) 2 car attached garage. I point an old box fan on high at the 50 year old footdragger and it dries the snow off the tractor and wet floor in a few hours.
A shop vac would pick the water up but what a pain to do and empty every day, got kids??

 

[Sine Swept]

I've always thought about laying down a really flexible air hose around the car in a giant U shape. Not a cheapo hose, a nice Goodyear flexible hose, maybe cut off a couple from the gas stations in town?