On 12 Jan 2004 01:53:16 -0600, geoff merryweather
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 05:55:09 GMT, Fitch R. Williams
wrote:

Make it bigger than you think you will need
and a FLAT surface under the door so you have nothing to roll over.

I was showing an inch drop - that is probably a mistake. I'll adjust
the drawing.
That inch (between the inside floor and the outside) stops rain
blowing under the garage door. Depends on how exposed it is, it would
be easy enough to make a shallow ramp.
Geoff

Perfect solution so the garage floor can be flat with the driveway:
Slot trench drain with cast-in-place concrete body and cast iron
grates. Stops the water coming under the door, allows the area to be
dead flat, and should be plenty strong enough for any steel casters or
other point loads you can throw at it.

If we ever get around to installing french drains from the side
street (low point on property) to the front yard I'll put in a trench
drain in front of the garage door as we pass by. Right now, we have
no place to send the water. Heck, I might just make the trench an
open section of the drain system - 20' less drain pipe to clog...

-- Bruce --
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