This water collects underground and becomes trapped when there s poor drainage.
How to channel water away to garage door.
Because this is drainage for your garage you will want to position your trench where the water runs off of the roof onto the ground.
It is not unusual for gaskets on the bottom of garage doors to be worn or damaged.
If this is the case installing a trench drain can help channel water away before it reaches your garage door.
A trench drain channel drain right outside the garage door fixes that.
If the driveway slopes downward toward the garage instead of away from it the only way to keep the rainwater out is to channel it away before it can run under the door.
The water is just going to run down the slope straight into your garage.
The trench drain essentially keeps rainwater from draining through the door and channels it elsewhere.
It catches the water running down the slope and then channels it away from the door to someplace where you have adequate drainage.
In order to build a trench drain you need to cut a narrow trench in the concrete from one end to the other.
But when it freezes and expands the potential for damage increases.
Rubber gasket seal missing or repair needed.
Excess water is bad enough.
The best way to do this is.
Step 1 dig a trench for your drain system with a duckbill shovel square point spade.
Should you hire a professional.
During rains if the bottom area of the garage door is not sealed or has a damaged rubber gasket on it then water may blow or run under the garage door into the garage.
You will want to dig six inches across and two feet down.
This is something that has to be done by a professional.
Vehicle door area moisture running into the garage.
If the exterior by the garage side door is too high then some form of a drain can be added to help channel the water away from the area.
Insert a drain in front of the garage to soak away excess water raise the concrete towards the garage door to create a lip install a sandless sandbag such as the osmo flood barrier.
Check your driveway to see if it slopes towards your garage and not away from it.
Then you insert a steel or pvc u shaped channel in the trench.