mx842
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- Feb 26, 2011
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- Richmond Va
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I just had a 60X60' metal building put up and Everything is wonderful accept the lousy concrete pour. Aside from having a bunch of cracks everywhere there is a low place in the center of the floor where water will hit the concrete out in my covered side shed and end up piling up on the wall and seeping under the metal and ponding in the center of the shop floor. I have tried to seal under the metal with every kind of sealer known to man with little or no help. Every time it rains I have to go out and squeegee the water off the concrete to keep it from flooding the floor. When it rains hard enough there will be a half inch of water standing right up on the wall.
I've thought about getting someone to come out and grind the edge down in hopes the water will run out into the gravel but am wondering what that will look like in the end. I was going to enclose the first 20' and turn it into a tool shed but that part of the concrete doesn't seem to pile up there it's the middle section that is low and is where the problem is at. I decided to enclose that part and turn it into a screened in area which I was going to do eventually anyway but I don't even know if I will be able to keep the water out even with that going up. This new wall is going to be wood framed with metal on the outside walls accept where the screened in part is. The problem seems to be I can't find anything that will stick to this concrete. It will seal for a week or two then start to peel away.
Also, on the back of the building there is 1' of concrete that extends out from the wall. That was kind of my fault because I misunderstood the building people when I got the dimensions of the concrete slab. They kept talking about a 6" lip around the outside perimeter and I took that as meaning concrete extending 6" out from the building wall. I still don't know what the 6" lip thing is they were talking about. The guys that put the building up pointed this out and we decided to shift the building 1' to the back and 1' to the right side and that took care of the problem on two sides but now water will hit the rear wall, run down and hit the concrete and come in under the metal and into the building. I put up white metal siding on the inside walls and it's already starting to rust the bottom edge of the metal. I've tried sealing it, cutting lines every couple feet, and it still gets in. Plus, all this he was to put aprons at the two big doors and at each entry door which he never did, and water will hit the concrete and come in under these door entrances too like it knows what it's doing.
I paid this guy $26,000.00 to pour this floor and now I have to spend another 10 grand or better building walls that I still don't know if it will help or not. Maybe some of you guys can come up with an option.
I've thought about getting someone to come out and grind the edge down in hopes the water will run out into the gravel but am wondering what that will look like in the end. I was going to enclose the first 20' and turn it into a tool shed but that part of the concrete doesn't seem to pile up there it's the middle section that is low and is where the problem is at. I decided to enclose that part and turn it into a screened in area which I was going to do eventually anyway but I don't even know if I will be able to keep the water out even with that going up. This new wall is going to be wood framed with metal on the outside walls accept where the screened in part is. The problem seems to be I can't find anything that will stick to this concrete. It will seal for a week or two then start to peel away.
Also, on the back of the building there is 1' of concrete that extends out from the wall. That was kind of my fault because I misunderstood the building people when I got the dimensions of the concrete slab. They kept talking about a 6" lip around the outside perimeter and I took that as meaning concrete extending 6" out from the building wall. I still don't know what the 6" lip thing is they were talking about. The guys that put the building up pointed this out and we decided to shift the building 1' to the back and 1' to the right side and that took care of the problem on two sides but now water will hit the rear wall, run down and hit the concrete and come in under the metal and into the building. I put up white metal siding on the inside walls and it's already starting to rust the bottom edge of the metal. I've tried sealing it, cutting lines every couple feet, and it still gets in. Plus, all this he was to put aprons at the two big doors and at each entry door which he never did, and water will hit the concrete and come in under these door entrances too like it knows what it's doing.
I paid this guy $26,000.00 to pour this floor and now I have to spend another 10 grand or better building walls that I still don't know if it will help or not. Maybe some of you guys can come up with an option.