Ok, I am having a couple issue with my garage and water, along with issues with door height and my two trucks. The garage sits very low, and when we get a good rain, water goes under (and over) the sill plate and into the garage. This is not good, and i have to plan my placement of things carefully and not leave anything on the ground.
Here are the details of the garage:
3 car
32x20'
2x4 walls 16" OC (I think)
2x4 trusses (Random spacing, but most are 36"-48" spaced.)
Slab foundation with some large cracks and missing parts.
Front was extended 3' at some point, so there is another header in there (well, 3 headers, one over each door, with some connecting material inbetween)
Goals:
Reduce the amount of water getting into the garage
Replace the sill plate as parts look like they might be rotting
gain more door height so I can install the 4" lift on my blazer
What I was thinking about was using some bottle jacks to raise the garage up enough to put in a row of concrete block on the slab, secure and seal it so no water gets in. Then put on a new 2x6" pressure treated sill plate, and then re-attach the garage to that. The issue is, I am not exactly sure how to go about raising it, or if I would have to raise the whole garage at once?
Right now, replacing the whole thing, or even replacing the whole slab is kinda out of the question, for both Money and space concerns (neighbor's garage is 4' behind and his driveway buts up to the garage.)
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Here are some pictures of the garage:
You can see the posts inside where the original front was, and the header is now:
the Side of the garage and overall shape:
The space between the back and the neighbor's:
Here are the details of the garage:
3 car
32x20'
2x4 walls 16" OC (I think)
2x4 trusses (Random spacing, but most are 36"-48" spaced.)
Slab foundation with some large cracks and missing parts.
Front was extended 3' at some point, so there is another header in there (well, 3 headers, one over each door, with some connecting material inbetween)
Goals:
Reduce the amount of water getting into the garage
Replace the sill plate as parts look like they might be rotting
gain more door height so I can install the 4" lift on my blazer
What I was thinking about was using some bottle jacks to raise the garage up enough to put in a row of concrete block on the slab, secure and seal it so no water gets in. Then put on a new 2x6" pressure treated sill plate, and then re-attach the garage to that. The issue is, I am not exactly sure how to go about raising it, or if I would have to raise the whole garage at once?
Right now, replacing the whole thing, or even replacing the whole slab is kinda out of the question, for both Money and space concerns (neighbor's garage is 4' behind and his driveway buts up to the garage.)
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Here are some pictures of the garage:
You can see the posts inside where the original front was, and the header is now:
the Side of the garage and overall shape:
The space between the back and the neighbor's: