Comments on: Sealing a Garage Floor

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.

By: Deb T

Deb T — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:10:36 +0000

Greg Is the problem the floor or a drainage issue? The solution I would suggest would be to dig drains at the entrance to your garage, covered by grates so that when you drove over them, you would be able to do so with ease and then direct the drainage into a sump pump. The only way to level the floor at this point is to resurface it I believe with an expensive overlayment which is attractive but about twenty dollars a sf depending upon the area you live in. If the water isn’t too much of an issue maybe putting a better seal on the bottom of the garage door would help. I know we did that and it helped a great deal. It is so tight the water delivery people think it’s locked when they deliver water for our drinking fountain. But it does help to some degree.

By: greg

greg — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:19:02 +0000

WHAT IS THE BEST PRODUCT TO USE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR TO LEVEL IT OUT CORRECTLY BY THE DOOR. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHEN IT SNOWS IT MELTS AND SETTLES IN MY LOW SPOTTS. WHAT IS THE BEST PRODUCT AT HOME DEPOT TO LEVEL IT OUT? THANKS

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By: Deb T

Deb T — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:21:53 +0000

sorry I just read the entire blog again and realized you answered that with the plastic test. Does Durolock (sp) waterproofing help in a situation like this. It claims that if used to thier specifications you can use acrylic floor paint on top and it will stick regardless of hydrostatic pressure..any comments? I am just now trying to get carpet glue off the concrete flooring after a flood in our lower level..the idiots that installed it used carpet tacks AND then used an enormous amount of adhesive for some reason. Jasco is taking it off but ive decided to rent a diamond grinder with three heads and an attached wet vac and hopefuly will do the eight hundred sf i need to do in a weekend..all five feet two inches of me. ( no woman tells thier weight)