On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 06:14:26 -0700, wrote:

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Not sure why, but much of the time the concrete is damp and some of the
time there is standing water, mostly on the north side. The garage is
attached to the house, but is couple feet lower. The garage concrete
sits
well above grade and no problems with gutters, and no leaks in roof. I
guess the water just wicks up?
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please tell me you don't have cast iron water piping. circa '51, it's time
for it to start failing, and leaking, and supplying water in all kinds of
surprising places.