Before you stop the floor from sweating you have to investigate as to what s causing it.
Garage floor is damp from rain.
There are two possibilities that can cause your garage floor to be damp.
In order to resolve damp issues you first need to figure out why your concrete floor is damp.
Keeping out rain and snow.
That goes against logic but there are perfectly reasonable explanations for that.
Whatever the case may be you re looking for answers because you re experiencing water in the garage after heavy rain.
Water seeping though floor in living room when it s rain.
Water under garage doors.
A vapor barrier may not have been installed under the slab when the concrete was poured.
A wet or damp concrete slab in a garage in the spring is not too unusual.
After a long winter that big chunk of thermal mass is as cold as it can be.
There are a few common reasons why your garage floor feels wet.
Condensation occurs when moist air comes into contact with the cool concrete of the garage floor.
The issue could also be caused by poorly installed concrete moisture below the slab.
Then i d install at the same time as you are installing the downspout drain lines one of my linear french drains.
What s even more dumbfounding is when they see water coming up through basement floor after heavy rain.
Water leak after heavy rain.
Bottom concrete garage step fills with water after a big rain and seeps into the house.
Quikrete makes a good one.
The most common is old fashioned condensation otherwise known as sweating.
For many homeowners the reason for a slick garage floor is condensation.
The first thing i d do is install gutters and downspouts on the garage and pipe all roof water as far away as possible.
On a balmy spring day when temperatures.
Basically you mix the two parts together and so it s a chemical cure and doing so is going to reduce the amount of moisture that sort of gets drawn through to the surface of the floor.
This can allow.
Warm air on cool concrete creates a vapor that settles and turns into water on the garage floor.
And beyond that i would suggest also painting the garage floor with an epoxy paint.
The result is a misty looking garage floor.
Upon this meeting of two conflicting temperatures the air begins to cool below the dew point condensing on the concrete s surface.
Run a dehumidifier in the garage but be sure to regularly check its reservoir.
Get my linear french drain dvd and you should be in great shape.