Slopes are moderated to a less steep slope for a few feet in a transition zone.
Driveway higher than garage floor grind.
Where slopes are steeper than 12 percent or vehicles are low to the ground a transition zone may be necessary.
Concrete garage aprons should be treated as part of the strategy for keeping surface water away from the foundation.
The entrance of my driveway is about 2 from the street and is annoying to drive on every day.
As the night went on i wanted to finish up and began to go a bit faster than i probably should have.
It s normal for asphalt driveways to sink a bit over time.
Lower than your garage floor it s time to fix it.
Adjacent to the garage is another location where steep slopes should be lessened.
I reciently built a handicap accessable house.
A durable fix for a sinking driveway apron.
The driveway garage floor interface is a potential entry point for moisture to the foundation if the concrete cracks or the two concrete structures pull apart.
Hi our garage is about 2 inches higher than the driveway so every time we back out of it the front bumper of the car scrapes the garage floor.
A critical transition is where the driveway crosses a public sidewalk.
This is not a helpful trait to have when grinding concrete especially when you are removing glue that is tough to get off the floor.
Is grinding the end of a driveway a diy job or should i hire out.
At this point the garage slab is 3 8 below the main house floor.
Our garage floor is also lower than the approaching driveway.
Is the new driveway higher than the adjacent lawn at its intersection with the garage.
Can anyone give me some advice on the best way to create a slope to fix this problem.
It works for us but there is no guarantee if a really hard rain occurs.
At the beginning of the job i was taking my time and getting all the glue off in one pass.
Would i need to buy some dry concrete mix it up and basically create the slope myself.
The dip is located very close to the garage entrance.
But when your driveway repair has sunk to the point where it s 4 or 5 in.
How to fix a gap between the driveway garage.
Your garage floor is usually part of.
Then the garage slab slopes to the big garage door maybe 2 5.
Entry to the house from the garage is at the back of the house.
Fyi having a wash machine in the garage is probably more or less exclusive to the deep south.
I have seen some entrances ground down to the street level but i can not seem to find anything online.
I would assume that the garage slab is higher than the lawn otherwise if the lawn slope towards the street is not much water could enter the garage.
The floor of your garage and your driveway are typically poured at different times in the construction process.
When we went from a gravel to a concrete driveway to divert rainwater we added a dip about 2 deep for the width of the driveway and about 10 long.
