How to shave down or flatten – surface concrete of garage – rain water leaking in under door

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I have a garage floor – the floor in the garage has sunken leaving the area at the exterior foundation wall – Entrance – to sit up higher like a nice ramp which makes a perfect Rain Water collection scoop to wonderfully force the water under the door and into the garage (if anyone wanted to know how that was done – there is your answer.) So I am looking for a way to fix this problem – I thought about grinding and shaving at the Garage Floor to Drive way to even it out with the garage floor and prevent it from acting like a funnel – I have done all kinds of things to seal the door – they have helped reduce the pond in the garage but not end the flow..

Here is a drawing :
Garage Floor in Black/Blue - Garage Door in Brown, Drive way in Green Blue Area is what I want to level out and even up - it is 16 feet wide by 4 inches. I prefer not to fill my garage with leveler - but maybe that is the right or only way ..

Actual Picture – May not show it correctly maybe I should have used a level or an angle gauge to display the angle of the slant..
Garage Door and Base at entrance

Best Answer

When faced with a similar problem I opted to cut the blue part about 4 inches away from the garage slab, break and remove the concrete, and put in a pre fabricated French drain. The cutting was done with an old skilsaw and $15 diamond blade, and busting was with hand tools. About a 1 day project.enter image description here