I am working on a car that will be finished in 6 to 9 months, so I had to
move my car out of the garage. What I did last month was build a
cheap/quick shed on the concrete slab in the back yard. I built the walls
on top of cinder blocks just sitting on top on the concrete, as I said this
is only to protect my car (1953 Singer) from the weather for 6 to 9 months.
Now with the rains we have had, I have a flood where my car is. The slab
in the backyard regularly gets flooded with around 3 inches of water when
it rains and the remaining water goes around the house, this is because my
neighbors yard is 3 feet higher than mine and the slab is not level
anymore. It was not when I bought the house. How do I prevent the water
from getting into my little shed ?
I don't want to pour concrete into the cinder blocks because the thing
will be torn down in a few months, I need something that I can clean back
up and still have a slab for the wife to put her table on and eat those
wonderful BBQs she does. I was thinking getting some silicon in tubes and
trying to seal it that way, and then sandblast the silicon off when done in
a few months. A friend suggested using roofing tar (would be cheaper) and
then blasting the slab clean. I am looking for any ideas, its only
temporary and it does not have to be perfect. I would expect that any
temporary solution will allow seepage, but my car is sitting in 2 inches of
water and that cant be good for its metal frame and wood body. Yes, wood
framed body covered with a thin beer can painted red.
mike
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