Driveway Higher Than Garage Floor
Can anyone suggest a solution to fix this.
Driveway higher than garage floor. Depending on whether there is a step up leading from the garage to the main house. I guess rainwater hasn t been an issue or you would have noticed it sooner. In these cases it is quite alright to have a drainage channel across.
Your garage floor is usually part of your home s original foundation while the driveway is added later. But there are many properties where this just isn t practical. Is it feasible to cut out a 1 or so of the driveway next to the garage and redo it so it s lower.
This makes it extremely difficult to get motorcycles in and out. Another option would be to pour a two three inch cap on your garage floor. This has created a problem with the end of driveway being 5 1 2 inches higher than the garage floor.
This would keep the correct fall slant toward your driveway and keep you from having to install a drain. Due to the slope of the driveway they stopped about 2 1 2 feet from garage. The issue with the garage floor is that it is 3 inches lower than the driveway which happens to slope towards the garage side of the driveway they just laid the new floor this week reason for it being lower than the driveway is that the garage door meets up inside of the garage and by raising the floor it wouldn t lock and they would have to put in new tracks.
If the garage slab had sunk not likely you d more than likely have cracks and the slab wouldn t be level. The joint where the two connect can erode leaving a gap.