Comments on: Sealing a Garage Floor

By: Dave G

Dave G — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:11:38 +0000

I did my garage and basement myself last year. I took some pretty extensive photos of the entire process, which folks may find useful here: http://www.goodrum.cx/fall2007projects The epoxy flooring project is about halfway down the page.

By: Ben Erickson

Ben Erickson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:39:55 +0000

Don, You might want to consider using a concrete resurfacer, like Danny did in the video How to Repair Cracks in Concrete.

By: Don Phillips

Don Phillips — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:51:26 +0000

We recently purchased a house, but by the garage door, the concrete is pitted and snow blows in. Some of the pits are up to an inch deep. Once it warms up I would like to fix the concrete and seal it so we don’t have problems again next year. Would a concrete patch work or will the sealer adhere to it?

By: dan sojourner

dan sojourner — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:58:18 +0000

I purchased a split level home two years ago. The garage floor, although level, has cracks in floor, and is allowing water sepage to occur, resulting in large puddles of water on the garage floor. What is the best plan of attack? To have the floor sealed, or do I need more drastic measures?

By: larry barthe

larry barthe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10:16 +0000

I would like to know the answer to Nick’s question. I am in Minnesota. I close on my house 12-5-08 and I would like to seal the garage floor before the first snow and salt gets on it. What do I do??

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:01:01 +0000

I recently purchased a new home and the garage floor has never been sealed. The problem is, is that it’s October and it’s about 40 degrees outside. Is this to cold to seal a garage floor? I live in Ohio and the winters here are usually pretty bad and alot of melted snow and road salt. I wanted to park my car in the garage this winter, so hopefully I can seal a floor in cold weather. I’m not painting the floor, I just want to put a coat of standard sealer down. Please let me know what I need to do, and if it’s a bad idea to park my car in the garage without sealing the floor first.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:34:05 +0000

My garage floor shows a crack in it. It appears to come from the outside wall about half way in the garage. Also, lots of water comes off the trucks wheels from melted snow or just rain water. What is the best thing to do in this case?

By: paulb

paulb — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:59:15 +0000

I’ve seen homeowners in warmer climates simply lay out a end roll piece of vinyl flooring that they’ve acquired as a remnant. One can get years of use before replacing and no real labor issues. Nothing better for clean-up issues, wet or dry.

By: randy price

randy price — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:12:29 +0000

I believe I have water coming up from under my garage floor, although it is peculiar. It can pour down rain and the floor is dry, humidity and it gets wet. When I leave a box or anything on the floor and move it after a couple of days the spot is damp. Any suggestions?

By: Patty

Patty — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:52:06 +0000

I have my garage issue. I do have hyrdrostatic pressure and it may have been caused by a bad wax ring in nearby bathroom. It has caused our flooring to buckle (wood flooring),existing to when we bought the house, now I want to paint or seal the garage flooring. Every time i go in there barefoot my feet are white and drag into the house. Do I need a contractor to further look into more problems. My husband has placed draing rocks to the side of the house due to swamp cooler. Too many wet problems here.
Help my sobbiness.