Should Driveway Be Lower Than Garage Floor

Is it feasible to cut out a 1 or so of the driveway next to the garage and redo it so it s lower.

Should driveway be lower than garage floor.

In these cases it is quite alright to have a drainage channel across the garage entrance. Would i need to buy some dry concrete mix it up and basically create the slope myself. The dip is located very close to the garage entrance. Old habits die hard.

I can t see anyone making you rip up a driveway for being the wrong height if there is adequate drainage. But when your driveway repair has sunk to the point where it s 4 or 5 in. Today s residential building code does not include this requirement. If the garage slab had sunk not likely you d more than likely have cracks and the slab wouldn t be level.

I looked at mine and there is about a 1 2 high ridge at the point where the garage door meets the floor. Lower than your garage floor it s time to fix it. When we went from a gravel to a concrete driveway to divert rainwater we added a dip about 2 deep for the width of the driveway and about 10 long. Our garage floor is also lower than the approaching driveway.

The floor of your garage and your driveway are typically poured at different times in the construction process. Building codes used to stipulate that the floor of an attached garage be four inches lower than the floor level of the house. Concrete garage aprons should be treated as part of the strategy for keeping surface water away from the foundation. There is a requirement that a gas fired water heater shall be i believe a minimum of 18 above finished garage floor to prevent and.

It should be lower and sloped towards the exterior to prevent water etc. Can anyone give me some advice on the best way to create a slope to fix this problem. From entering the house. Outside the door i have a concrete apron about 2 feet wide.

It works for us but there is no guarantee if a really hard rain occurs. The driveway should be lower for the obvious reason of drainage. If you don t water will pool in the depression seep into the soil below and eventually destroy the driveway. It s normal for asphalt driveways to sink a bit over time.

I d definitely want the driveway slightly lower than the garage floor to help eliminate the possibility of water getting into the garage especially wind driven rain. But there are many properties where this just isn t practical. I guess rainwater hasn t been an issue or you would have noticed it sooner. Normally the garage floor is a 1 2 or so higher than the driveway.

I don t know of any requirement as to the amount the garage floor should be below the house finish floor. Your garage floor is usually part of. Hi our garage is about 2 inches higher than the driveway so every time we back out of it the front bumper of the car scrapes the garage floor. The driveway garage floor interface is a potential entry point for moisture to the foundation if the concrete cracks or the two concrete structures pull apart.