Installing drain in garage?

Matt_L said:
I have a good squeegee but the water pools in the middle of the garage so flows backwards as I *try* to squeegee it out. It's a major pain. Plus it freezes in the winter and my wife has almost ended up on the floor a few times.



It sounds like a drain is out but maybe I could have the concrete topped off to regrade it sloping to the front?
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I used to have the same situation. My garage floor had sunk in the middle due to settling. I'd get a big puddle in the middle of the garage all the time. Had to squeegee it out after every rain, because rain would run down the garage door, under it and into the garage, or thaw from cars would pool, etc. Had the floor replaced a couple of years ago and made sure to compact the ground under it and put a very good slope from back to front. No more problem.
 
My shop has a separate wash bay area completed with 20' long drain trench pit that is hooked to 4" pipe sewage (goes straight to water treatment) with a grease trap in the middle. The Baltimore city now prohibits washed water to seep into the street starting in 2007 so had to have it done during the shop renovation and for safety reason. And registered with the water treatment center to accept the washed water. We do have to squeegee the water into the drain pit occasionally.
 
Amazes me that its such a big deal to get a drain put in a garage in some places. There is nothing different than me driving my Jeep down the road in the rain and it draining into a storm drain than me washing my jeep in a garage.



Heck, if I were to build a garage right now in the yard I would run a pipe right over the hill into a ditch and no one would care. Most people still run their crap into the creeks. :2thumbs:
 
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