On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:30:05 -0500, "John A. Weeks III"
wrote:

In article . com,
" wrote:

The new problem....He insists that the concrete driveway leading to the
garage has to be at least 1 inch (preferably more, but after my
objections agreed to 1.5" with his fingers)lower than the garage for
drainage.

The driveway and the garage floor should meet at exactly
the same level. The lip of the garage floor that extends
outside of the garage should start sloping down, and the
drive way should slope up a bit to meet it. You should
not notice a bump when you drive into the garage.

What he said, ideally, but you also have to consider drainage, if your
climate has any rain or snow. Right now I have a terrible garage
floor that I plan to rip out and regrade and repour. Initially I had
planned to just slope the new floor from the back of the garage to the
doors, but then I realized that the driveway itself also slopes toward
the garage doors, so instead I will be using the old original center
floor drain (which I've tested and confirmed to be working properly)
to get the water under control. This means that the driveway and
garage threshold will remain level to each other (no bump), and my
drainage needs will be met by that center drain in the garage floor.
In a perfect world, I'd do both the driveway and garage and ensure
proper pitch as John Weeks suggests, but the $$ is just not there.