Garage slop

Looking to see if anyone is using one of those vehicle mats you park on to collect water and slop from melting car,looking at getting one for garage to contain winter slop mess. Thanks!

Not sure if it would work or not, I don’t think it’ll ever dry out. I have a big squeegee and push the gunk out. I sure miss my garage floor drain!!!!

I have three mats in our garage, They are each 8×22 I believe. I’ve had ours for close to twenty years with out a problem. Just roll them out, let slope melt off cars and when cars are outside just mop the floor and ring water out in a mop bucket. I can check to see where I bought mine, they were reasonably priced with free shipping.

One trick and it seems counter intuitive is to actually throw snow on the melt water and slop. The snow will absorb the water and you can sweep/push the snow back out of the garage.

Could just wash the garage floor.

tegg wrote:

One trick and it seems counter intuitive is to actually throw snow on the melt water and slop. The snow will absorb the water and you can sweep/push the snow back out of the garage.

This is what I do and it works great. The light fluffy stuff is best.

Here’s where we had ordered ours, I see now they have a containment mat.

http://www.garageflooringllcDOTcom/auto-containment-mat/

Putting snow down and pushing it out with a shop broom works for me.

we have dual drains in our garage (bought a farm house built in the 50’s) underneath both bays. i didn’t think much of it until last week but it might be the best feature of the house.

My problem is that my garage floor slopes toward the back of my garage about half way in so all that slop and crap pools there. I ended up putting my work bench and everything up on 2×4’s because it is nearly impossible to get it out of the garage before it causes a problem. I need a containment mat or something like was shared above. Unfortunately they are back ordered for 30+ days.

CaptainMusky wrote:

My problem is that my garage floor slopes toward the back of my garage about half way in so all that slop and crap pools there. I ended up putting my work bench and everything up on 2×4’s because it is nearly impossible to get it out of the garage before it causes a problem. I need a containment mat or something like was shared above. Unfortunately they are back ordered for 30+ days.

Is the garage heated? A floor drying fan and a little heat should help a lot.

If heat and fan is not an option you could always try a floor dam. Should be a bit more customizable than a full size mat and probably easier to store when not needed.

Like these from NewPig

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H18PVWW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_VeS.BbBQD4CZD

Just put a 3/4″ or 1.5″ wood “curb” with some vulkem to keep it at bay.

munchy wrote:

Is the garage heated? A floor drying fan and a little heat should help a lot.

If heat and fan is not an option you could always try a floor dam. Should be a bit more customizable than a full size mat and probably easier to store when not needed.

Like these from NewPig

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H18PVWW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_VeS.BbBQD4CZD

Garage is not heated, not fully insulated either so heating it really wouldn’t be a fiscally responsible option I don’t think LOL. I would love it, but not in my plans to finish it any time soon.

I do like what you sent, I think I am going to build something along those things using a combination of 3/4″ trim and Tyvek. I do like the vulkem idea, but that seems a bit more permanent than I want. I would remove it in the summer. So just laying out the trim pieces and laying the Tyvek over type should work I think. Then I can just squeegee the water out when it slops off.

I don’t have that problem,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I park in the driveway. The garage is full of my hunting, fishing, woodworking gear and other misc. junk.

leinieman wrote:

Here’s where we had ordered ours, I see now they have a containment mat.
https://www.garageflooringllc.com/auto-containment-mat/

these are what im looking at, i should add i have floor drains and insulated/and heated, water just doesnt flow the direction it should in some places. thinking mat and then cutting hole where floor drain is.

Huntindave wrote:

I don’t have that problem,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I park in the driveway. The garage is full of my hunting, fishing, woodworking gear and other misc. junk.

Same issue I have.

I like scrapping my windshield and snow off every morning. Ha ha not

Gregory that’s what we did with ours. I bought 3 mats (coin dot pattern), Laid the center one first cut out a hole for the drain then laid the sides ones in on top of the center one. Doing it this way it does create a lip for the water to get over and I have to push it over with squeegee sometimes if there’s a lot. A person could also make a containment mat by just adding a piece of hose or something under it around the perimeter except where you drive on it. Hey I’m only an hour or so away if you want to check it out.

A heated garage is great. But I wonder if the constant freeze/thaw with puddles under a car leads to rusted vehicles. Don’t know the answer, just curious.

Lynn Seiler wrote:

A heated garage is great. But I wonder if the constant freeze/thaw with puddles under a car leads to rusted vehicles. Don’t know the answer, just curious.

For the vehicles I’ve owned, rusting seems to have had more to do with the salt being on the vehicle regularly than temperature changes. The old truck by our buildings that never sat inside rusted out faster than any of the vehicles parked inside. I’d garage any vehicles that you can fit.

I haven’t noticed any faster rusting out due to heated garage. It may be even less of an issue as you can wash it more often and not worry about the cold. I have the same problem as others with it being my hunting headquarters ect for now but once the season is over it will be nice driving out of a 50 or 60 degree garage.

I found the low spots and used a hammer drill and punched 3/4 inch holes. The water just drains under the slab. Been working for 20 years.