ᐅ Drainage in front of garage door is missing / should it be corrected? Defect?
Created on: 4 Sep 2019 11:21
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HaraldHirsch
Hello everyone,
Our new garage has been standing in front of the house for about a year now. It has a door on the left side.
To avoid a steep driveway, the garage had to be set lower than the front door, so unfortunately we cannot enter the garage door at ground level. Almost at the last minute, and to our surprise, a step was created there.
We hadn’t thought much about it, and it doesn’t look wrong from a visual point of view.
Last week, after two days of thunderstorms (not a huge amount of rain, just normal showers), I noticed that water was pooling in front of the garage door. It almost flowed into the garage. Only at that point did I realize there is no channel, drain, or anything similar there. I’m attaching pictures here.
A call to the architect revealed that the joints between the slabs are filled with "permeable sand." Due to the gardening work we are doing, these have now become blocked with dirt, and "they just need to be cleaned so the water can drain again." He does not see this as a defect or fault.
Could this really be the solution? Isn’t there supposed to be something at this garage door? The landscaping company currently working at our place said this is a clear defect and that we should file a complaint.
What do you think?
The door threshold is about 7 cm (3 inches) above the stone surface at its highest point.
Thanks and best regards
Our new garage has been standing in front of the house for about a year now. It has a door on the left side.
To avoid a steep driveway, the garage had to be set lower than the front door, so unfortunately we cannot enter the garage door at ground level. Almost at the last minute, and to our surprise, a step was created there.
We hadn’t thought much about it, and it doesn’t look wrong from a visual point of view.
Last week, after two days of thunderstorms (not a huge amount of rain, just normal showers), I noticed that water was pooling in front of the garage door. It almost flowed into the garage. Only at that point did I realize there is no channel, drain, or anything similar there. I’m attaching pictures here.
A call to the architect revealed that the joints between the slabs are filled with "permeable sand." Due to the gardening work we are doing, these have now become blocked with dirt, and "they just need to be cleaned so the water can drain again." He does not see this as a defect or fault.
Could this really be the solution? Isn’t there supposed to be something at this garage door? The landscaping company currently working at our place said this is a clear defect and that we should file a complaint.
What do you think?
The door threshold is about 7 cm (3 inches) above the stone surface at its highest point.
Thanks and best regards
Vicky Pedia24 Jan 2020 16:55HaraldHirsch schrieb:
@Mottenhausen
The landscaper said they would remove the rearmost stone in front of the door threshold and install a drainage layer or something similar there? So far, we’ve only briefly discussed it because he suggested I should first report it as a defect.Exactly! The "funnel effect" (from heavy rain or similar) needs to be addressed, and a small drainage layer (French drain or soakaway) is the quickest and most cost-effective option. And just to add, if something doesn’t work properly, it is considered a defect—this applies here as well. No emotions involved.
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