Has anyone else had this problem????

I know it is probably a slim chance someone else has had this problem but I am giving it a chance…if not some contractors might have an idea. We have a garage with an under garage – so spancrete is under the cement. Neither garages are heated but in the winter time when snow melts off our vehicles it ends up dripping water/salt onto everything in the under garage. I think when using spancrete they try to make cement as level as possible? We don’t have a drain obviously and maybe should have if it was possible. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem. My only 2 solutions are slope the cement in the summer but then I think the water will run between the concrete and the apron? Which I don’t think this is where the water is getting in because we would have that problem in the summer time when it rains? Or maybe putting epoxy on the garage floor? Sorry this is so lengthy and thanks in advance.

Chad

The epoxy route may be the cheapest. Be certain to do a good job of etching the concrete floor. I’m not sure how well an over-layment to create a drain-grade would work. It seems to me that time and use would loosen it cracking would soon follow along with the square one problem you have now.

There should be a barrier between the apron and floor slab.

can you notice any linear cracks in the concrete overlay? Similar spancrete applications use a simple skim coating over the spans. You describe it like it has an additional concrete slab on top of it

If yours is just the skim coat over the spancrete, that slurry coating can be refinished and tuck pointed. I have absolutely no idea who could do it residentially.

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a buddy of mine has a big rubber mat/tray that he parks on in the winter to keep his garage to keep the floor clean. Not sure where he got it, but something like that might solve your immediate problem.

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Wiki smart

A friend of mine is having this problem now and will be replacing the concrete and the pre-stressed panels next summer because the old cables that put the stress on the panels are rotting out because of the salt and water from the cars. There are cracks forming and the slush drips down in the basement. Most houses I have worked on have had more than a slurry over the panels. Not sure how it was done years ago.

We did this on a house a few years back. We applied a rubber roofing membrance over the spancrete and poured the 2” concrete topping over that.

Interesting thread… I have the same problem, but with an in-floor heated garage that they forgot to install a drain in…

Currently, I have large ribbed matts (bought at Menards) in place, and they do an ok job if I squeegee all the water off when needed. I had to put 1×2’s under the perimeter of the matts, though, so the water would pool instead of running off of the matt. Not the ideal situation, expecially when my truckbed fills up with snow while at work, then it all melts off onto the garage floor when I get home. What a mess…

Any viable solutions that won’t break the bank would be appreciated!!! I tried to think of multiple containment/drainage systems that I could install myself, but my non-contractor brain can’t come up with anything great…

Mike

Whittsend –

After talking to a few cement contractors I guess the solution is probably this. Get a good cement sealer and seal it and then a nice epoxy coating over the top. The cement sealer alone might work but the both solutions would proably be the best. I guess you can pick up kits for around $250 for the epoxy. The only bad party have to wait till late spring/early summer to put that stuff on. How much were those mats at menards? I am intersted in picking some up to get me through the winter.

Thanks.

Chad

For a temp fix just buy blue tarps and put them under the vehicles. Apply a light coat of floor dry to suck up the water.Drag it out weekly and shake it clean in the driveway. The floor dry will add traction on the ice.

This is what I have been looking into. Looks like it might be the answer.

http://www.gfonecoatings.com/index.php

Chad