When it rains the back wall of my garage is letting in water. It is getting so bad that the floor of the garage is a big puddle. I can't put anything in there as everything goes either mouldy or rusty. Is there something I can use to sort it that would be quick and easy, or am I looking at geting a builder in to sort it.
2007-02-06 04:01:35 · 14 answers · asked by unicorn867 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If there are no visible large holes in the wall, i would reccomend getting some, bitchumen paint the best is made by a company called aquaseal. You can pick it up from B&Q, give the whole of the wall(internal side) 3 coats making sure u cover every single inch,,, and you wont have any problems,,,this product stops running water!!!
2007-02-06 04:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by plasterer andy 25 mcr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you've got water coming in the back wall of your garage, you've got a problem. Things to consider: is that wall a northwest wall, i.e. why that wall and not the others. Are you sure it's the wall and not the roof? Or worse yet, the foundation? Is your house sided? How's your garage constructed, with what...and how old is it? Need more info.
2007-02-06 04:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do those kind of repairs all the time. One word for you my friend,
ZYPEX. Go to a concrete store and buy a 5 gl pale. just mix it with water in very small amounts. rub it on the leaking wall and all around with a glove on your hand. it gets hot as you mix it and it drys very quick...like 30 seconds, so you must be fast. read the instructions on the bucket. good luck. this stuff works great.
but where will the water go now?
2007-02-06 04:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by TheFlyUnit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dug out the back of garage one foot below floor level. put dpc down built a wall and covered every gap with cement. rendered the wall inside [3in thick concrete ]. water is still coming in at the back wall of garage
2014-07-14 23:17:03 · answer #4 · answered by Richard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You is gonna have to lay a plastic tarp on the outside of the wall to keep the water out. If it is coming in at ground level. You need to sandbag the wall on the outside and still have it under the plastic tarp.
2007-02-06 04:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If its comming in from roof and its soft felted then buy a can of bitumen and brush it on thickly. but u will have to find out if it is the roof . It could be comming through damaged pointing on the brickwork. u will have to investigate where leak is comming from before attempting repair. How is ur roof? is it in good, reasonable or poor state? i dont have to say anymore as u will see for yourself when u inspect the roof what action to take.
2007-02-06 04:31:27 · answer #6 · answered by DIAMOND_GEEZER_56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have some major problems with grade issues....the garage needs to slope down at the front, so the water doesnt run up in it.
If the slope is wrong, you have big problems.
2007-02-06 04:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by gary d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drive a small piece of vinyl window screen into the weep hole. Are you sure mud is coming from the weep holes and not from someplace else? Did a drain pipe get installed when the wall was built?
2016-03-29 07:47:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need to put more information in your question ,have you got a ground proof course is there earth built up at the back of the garage etc
2007-02-06 04:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by Mick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
is your guttering broken or
blocked if no gutering
get a tin of p.v.a glue
dilute it 50/50 with
water stir it up and
slap it on the out side
wall with a paddle
brush on a good dry day
good luck
2007-02-06 04:15:16 · answer #10 · answered by S Csparky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋