Dirt Road living = sandy garage floor! Ideas needed...?

Question

I live on a dirt road therefore I bring a lot of sand in my garage from my tires. Needless to say, the sand builds up fast.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks that I can do in my garage to minimize the sandy floors? I know I could simply sweep every day, but what do others do who live on a dirt road? Maybe there is something that I can park on, but I haven't seen anything yet.

Ideas are appreciated!

Thank

Answer 1

If your drive is not paved, I would recommend thinking about that. Especially if you have a 'long' drive, like most rural homes would, as opposed to a 'city' home with just a small front yard.

By paving (either concrete, ashphalt, or brick pavers) the driveway, you give your tires more room to drop the sand/dirt before you pull into the garage.

For a concrete floor, I recommend a medium bristle push broom...don't settle for one of the real coarse ones that are so common in the stores, get a good one (horsehair bristles are a good choice for a smooth concrete floor), at a janitorial supply. You will find that it moves more sand outside where you want it, rather than leaving tracks of it between the bristles.

Im afraid that anything you might put down, would only trap the dirt, making it more difficult to remove. But there are some garage floor coatings that will 'hide' the dirt better than others. You can find these at most building supply stores.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Consider yourself lucky it is SAND !! My brother lives in Calaveras County, has a 1/2 mile driveway, and he gets red-DUST or red-MUD in his garage and toolshop (and the house). After compliants from his wife, we solved the problem with two quick steps:

1) He bought a steel grill that was 18 inches wide and goes across in front of his garage slab over a 1 foot trench... an effort to install as we had to dig a trench and drainage, but an incredible help. I wish I knew the brand name, but he had gotten in from a defunct warehouse. It was for shaking the dust and sand off of forklifts entering a "clean" warehouse.

2) Put down a 12 foot area of pavers the width of the garage, adn then put down 40 yards of decomposed granite stone to resurface his driveway close to the house

We STILL have to sweep every other weekend, but it was much worse before. This was also MUCH cheaper that actually PAVING half a mile of driveway.

Good Luck

Answer 3

To clean the garage floor, I use a leaf blower.

You could get a dump truck full of rock and have it spread on your driveway, toward the road. That would help some. good luck.

Answer 4

in case you have too lots wood you will have a chilly looking abode; better to apply some heat colorings on the partitions, particularly with army and black . according to risk a maroon colour or one wall a superb crimson and according to risk some silver or gray partitions. till you have made arrangements for heating that area you will have very chilly flooring better save on with carpeting. We switched over a storage right into a mattress room for a teenager elderly son, and he grew to become into continuously complaining on the subject of the chilly. We finally transferred him to the basement the place it grew to become into warmed.

Answer 5

Ive seen a neat thing living south, a sort of concrete web with grass inbetween - im sure its availible from any home center.
Kidd

Answer 6

Get a cheap electric blower.

Answer 7

you can lay astro turf,or indoor/outdoor carpet,it wont stop the sand but you wont be slipping on it,and just vac it once a week.........