[s-cars] NAC - Garage Drainage Issue

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Just use the cold patch and compact by driving over it, but use plywood
blocks to form the bump.

On 6/26/06, Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at verizonbusiness.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
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>
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> My garage takes on water any time there is rain and/or snow.  The driveway
> (asphalt) was not graded properly and there is a swell about 3 feet out
> from
> the bays resulting in not insignificant drainage into the garage.  In
> front
> of one of the bays there is a small speed bump that the asphalt company
> formed to keep the water out but unfortunately they did not do it in front
> of the other bay.  My long term solution is to install some perimeter
> drainage with removable grates capable of supporting the weight of a car
> tire but until then.
>
>
>
> I thought about cold pack asphalt but have not come up with a way to
> adequately compact it in the form needed.  I also thought about
> semi-circular solid rubber that I can "glue down to form the "speed bump"
> to
> act as a water diversion/channel but cannot source it.  McMaster Carr is a
> no go.  Can anybody provide me with an alternate/interim solution and/or
> know where I can source said rubber speed bump.  I have *way* too much
> right
> now to attack the long term solution.
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>
>
> Regards,
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> Mark
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