Hey all,
My garage is 30+ years old, we bought the property 4 years ago. I've got some water ingress during heavy storms along a wall that ends below grade. No more than a couple of gallons during a heavy blowing storm, but enough to ruin my evening and nice clean workshop. I renovated the inside of my garage when we bought the property, being unaware of the extent of the problem.
I don't suspect the garage has sunk any, the pad is still one solid piece with no cracking, but being poured so low with no foundation wall, water runs in under the sill plate / baseplate. That baseplate is also pretty rotten in a few places, you'll see the stucco doesn't extend any further down than the baseplate in places, and leaves the bottom edge of the plywood sheeting completely exposed... And of course all of it has been underground for who knows how many years.
My garage is 30+ years old, we bought the property 4 years ago. I've got some water ingress during heavy storms along a wall that ends below grade. No more than a couple of gallons during a heavy blowing storm, but enough to ruin my evening and nice clean workshop. I renovated the inside of my garage when we bought the property, being unaware of the extent of the problem.
I don't suspect the garage has sunk any, the pad is still one solid piece with no cracking, but being poured so low with no foundation wall, water runs in under the sill plate / baseplate. That baseplate is also pretty rotten in a few places, you'll see the stucco doesn't extend any further down than the baseplate in places, and leaves the bottom edge of the plywood sheeting completely exposed... And of course all of it has been underground for who knows how many years.
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