Rubber Strip To Divert Rain Water At Bottom Of Steep Driveway: Anyone Mfg Such An Item ?
 

Hello:

A family member has recently moved into a house that has a fairly
steep driveway from the street to the house garage.

There is a "drywell" at the bottom by the garrage door which seems to catch
the
majority of rainwater, and street runoff, pretty well, but not all of it.

Was wondering if there's such a thing as, e.g., a rubber strip maybe an inch
or so high
that one can place by the garrage doors to divert the water to the side
before it has a chance
of entering the garrage ?

Does anyone mfg such an item ?

What's it called ?

And, how would one fasten the strip to the asphalt ?
RTV the whole bottom of it, or... ?

Thanks,
Bob

A family member has recently moved into a house that has a fairly
steep driveway from the street to the house garage. There is a "drywell"
at the bottom by the garrage door which seems to catch the majority of
rainwater, and street runoff, pretty well, but not all of it. Was
wondering if there's such a thing as, e.g., a rubber strip maybe an inch
or so high that one can place by the garrage doors to divert the water to
the side before it has a chance of entering the garrage ? Does anyone
mfg such an item ? What's it called ? And, how would one fasten the
strip to the asphalt ?
RTV the whole bottom of it, or... ?

Sounds like the pitch of the depression that contains the drain is not
shaped right. I would figure out how to reshape the asphalt to make the
drain work for all rain/flood conditions. A berm or rubber strip would tend
to trip people, and would be a poor substitute for fixing the drainage, or
the location of the drain.

"Roger T." wrote:

A family member has recently moved into a house that has a fairly
steep driveway from the street to the house garage. There is a "drywell"
at the bottom by the garrage door which seems to catch the majority of
rainwater, and street runoff, pretty well, but not all of it. Was
wondering if there's such a thing as, e.g., a rubber strip maybe an inch
or so high that one can place by the garrage doors to divert the water to
the side before it has a chance of entering the garrage ? Does anyone
mfg such an item ? What's it called ? And, how would one fasten the
strip to the asphalt ?
RTV the whole bottom of it, or... ?

Sounds like the pitch of the depression that contains the drain is not
shaped right. I would figure out how to reshape the asphalt to make the
drain work for all rain/flood conditions. A berm or rubber strip would tend
to trip people, and would be a poor substitute for fixing the drainage, or
the location of the drain.

Well...

Had a somewhat similar problem of water getting into garage due to
contractor not putting proper slope on asphalt. Wound up building a lip
from concrete (Sakrete?) Its lasted about six years now. No one trips
over it but the car is not real happy going over it.

LB

"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello:

A family member has recently moved into a house that has a fairly
steep driveway from the street to the house garage.

There is a "drywell" at the bottom by the garrage door which seems to
catch
the
majority of rainwater, and street runoff, pretty well, but not all of it.

Was wondering if there's such a thing as, e.g., a rubber strip maybe an
inch
or so high
that one can place by the garrage doors to divert the water to the side
before it has a chance
of entering the garrage ?

Yes there is exactly that product. Look in Griot's Garage website for
"threshold seal". A friend siliconed this stuff in place and it worked
great for exactly what you're describing (assuming the dry well catches MOST
of the water - this stuff won't hold back a flood)
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog....3080&SKU=92375