Water/Slush Barrier?

[gtivr4]

So my wife and I share our new garage. I am using my half as a workshop, and she uses it to park her car. The problem is that she drives in with all sorts of slush and salt and **** on her car, so I need to create some sort of barrier between the halves, the big problem being that it can't be a tripping hazard (and even then needs to be very obvious, so painted a bright color). Anyone have any suggestions for stopping small amounts of water from going to half of the garage?

 

[kbs2244]

Carpet scraps will soak it up.
Throw them out when they get too dirty.

 

[gtivr4]

I don't so much want to soak it up as stop it from migrating to my side...

 

[tonydanzah]

a piece of weatherstripping glued to the floor

 

[gtivr4]

a piece of weatherstripping glued to the floor

I'm concerned with that being a tripping hazard, especially since they tend to be black.

 

[1fastvx]

Tell her to stop parking in the garage since she is messing it up!!

John

 

[tatra]

try an oscillating fan pointed down at the floor.............will evaporate the water and push it back...........course the moisture content of the air will rise considerably so a dehumidifier may be called for...........

 

[gtivr4]

Tell her to stop parking in the garage since she is messing it up!!

That will make for a short marriage!

try an oscillating fan pointed down at the floor.............will evaporate the water and push it back...........course the moisture content of the air will rise considerably so a dehumidifier may be called for...........

Good idea, and the humidity wouldn't be a big deal since its so low this time of year. Of course the problem then is that the garage is cold (working on that), so it likely won't evaporate. If it was warm enough, everything would melt and evaporate on its own.

 

[gesoffen]

Hows about the garage door seals - the ones designed to mount on the floor at the threshold to keep water/debris out of an open door. They're flexible such that you can step on them and they bounce back. They'll could certainly still be a tripping hazard but might be worth trying.

 

[bczygan]

Cut a slot in the concrete slab to act as a drain to the door. Outside the door cut a trench just outside the door and slope and run it downhill to daylight. Install a grating in it.

 

[PAToyota]

Hows about the garage door seals

That was my thought - something like this.

You can get 20' rolls, which should be long enough. It is black, but you could use some of that Fusion spray paint to color it bright yellow if you wanted.

 

[boiler7904]

Do what I did - tell your wife to either knock the snow and slush off before pulling into the garage or park in the driveway so I can do it when I get home.

 

[tatra]

actually the air currents will eveaporate the snow /slush even when frozen..........i have tried this in the psat when i did work in the wnter in my shop.......overnight there is an appreciable amount gone if mot all...........the trick is to have the current of air zeroed in on the mass..........if you are going to do this, get a cheap humidistat if woodworking is involved in the shop............

 

[gtivr4]

Do what I did - tell your wife to either knock the snow and slush off before pulling into the garage or park in the driveway so I can do it when I get home.

See previous statement about a short marriage!

 

[Andamo]

I have a somewhat similar problem. I have a 3 car garage and the rear corner of the floor settled in the 3rd bay. So when I park my car (center bay) the water wants to run towards that lowered corner rather than the floor drain. What I do every fall is to clean the floor with a vacuum and they lay down a couple of lenghts of the non-expanding spray foam on the floor. It holds the water beside the car and the ceiling fan which I leave on all the time seems to dry the water up.

 

[PaulR]

There is but one real solution: build yourself another garage.

 

[Ray-CA]

Take a look here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=...B3RNFA_en___US363&ie=UTF-8&aq=2&oq=garage+wat

Lot's of options.

Ray

 

[boiler7904]

See previous statement about a short marriage!

That's why I tell her to park outside and I'll clean it off. She has three options - remove it herself, park outside and let me remove it, or listen to me ***** about not going with option 1 or 2. Option 3 has only happened once or twice in 4 years.

 

[ambenz]

Take a look here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=...B3RNFA_en___US363&ie=UTF-8&aq=2&oq=garage+wat

Lot's of options.

Ray

Lots of cool ideas there...maybe a little pricy...you didn't say how much you we're willing to spend!

 

[santagary]

Take a look here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=...B3RNFA_en___US363&ie=UTF-8&aq=2&oq=garage+wat

Lot's of options.

Ray

Bingo!!! Wrap it up and call it a Xmas present...just kidding

 

[josall]

Heavy bead of clear silicone, scrape it off when your done.

 

[1320stang]

The one successful slush barrier that I can think of is called Florida. :

 

[LocoCoco]

Walk through the house with your slush-covered boots, analyze how your wife deals with the problem, then just copy her solution for the garage.

Fail-proof.



LC.

 

[bazzateer]

Trip hazard! ???

Tell her to look where she's going

 

[ADaughen]

Do like I did and disassemble your project in the middle of the garage.



Or this:

Cut a slot in the concrete slab to act as a drain to the door. Outside the door cut a trench just outside the door and slope and run it downhill to daylight. Install a grating in it.