Driveway Higher Than Garage Floor Grind

Is grinding the end of a driveway a diy job or should i hire out.

Driveway higher than garage floor grind.

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. I have seen some entrances ground down to the street level but i can not seem to find anything online. Our garage floor is also lower than the approaching driveway. Can anyone give me some advice on the best way to create a slope to fix this problem.

Slopes are moderated to a less steep slope for a few feet in a transition zone. At this point the garage slab is 3 8 below the main house floor. As the night went on i wanted to finish up and began to go a bit faster than i probably should have. Your garage floor is usually part of.

It s normal for asphalt driveways to sink a bit over time. A critical transition is where the driveway crosses a public sidewalk. Is the new driveway higher than the adjacent lawn at its intersection with the garage. Entry to the house from the garage is at the back of the house.

The entrance of my driveway is about 2 from the street and is annoying to drive on every day. Where slopes are steeper than 12 percent or vehicles are low to the ground a transition zone may be necessary. Lower than your garage floor it s time to fix it. 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.

Then the garage slab slopes to the big garage door maybe 2 5. 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. Check local building regulations for specific requirements that. The floor of your garage and your driveway are typically poured at different times in the construction process.

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. A durable fix for a sinking driveway apron. Would i need to buy some dry concrete mix it up and basically create the slope myself. If you don t water will pool in the depression seep into the soil below and eventually destroy the driveway.

I reciently built a handicap accessable house. Fyi having a wash machine in the garage is probably more or less exclusive to the deep south. But when your driveway repair has sunk to the point where it s 4 or 5 in. Same question for the garage slab at the intersection with the driveway.

At the beginning of the job i was taking my time and getting all the glue off in one pass. It works for us but there is no guarantee if a really hard rain occurs. 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. Concrete garage aprons should be treated as part of the strategy for keeping surface water away from the foundation.