The only thing I can think of is to raise the car as high as it will go.
Put some jack stands under it and maybe a big sheet of plastic between the
frame and jack stands. It sounds like the same problem I had with a
concrete patio. I solved the problem by running a drain line with 5 drains
in front of the concrete area. When it rains it now it runs off the patio
down the drain and bubbles out at the curb.
...Art
On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Mike Rambour wrote:
> 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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