Floor Water Containment?

[durallymax]

Dont know what I am looking for.

Basically I am looking for something to act as a portable, flexible barrier to contain water on the shop floor. When we built it we screwed up. We figured we would keep the back 40' level for laying things out on the floor. Bad idea, concrete isn't that precise. Should've put a drain down middle. So now with winter hear, we end up with puddle in the back that have to be squeegeed to the drain. The issue is that the water all puddles under the long term project area. Basically I want to use whatever I find to corral the water so that I can squeegee it away later or the floor heat can dry it out.

I also would like to use it to line the tools benchs and other obstacles when washing the floor so there is less mess.

Anyone have any ideas ? I am thinking something just a couple inches tall will suffice.

 

[chevyburnout1]

I'm interested as well. When they built the dealership I work at they supposedly made the shop floors 'perfectly level'. Low and behold every time something spills it goes the complete opposite direction of the drain; right under my toolbox.

 

[durallymax]

Im figuring theres gotta be some sort of weighted rubber strip or something that would do the trick, maybe a miniature sand bag type apparatus.

 

[chevyburnout1]

I've always thought about filling a normal garden hose with sand and trying it. One of the really cheap hoses that are thin and very flexible. Not the high dollar thick ones that probably wouldn't lay flat even with sand.

 

[SteveLBZ06]

pigalog.com i powerwash for a living and we use their watersocks, they work pretty good, especially once they get old and beat up

 

[durallymax]

Are those the ones they show that you fill up with water?

I was looking through their catalog. Their tacky reuseable berms look nice, other than the price tag.

 

[lotsofmiles]

I used to get car wash supply catalogs - think the place was called Dultmeier. they have/had what you're looking for

 

[pornstar dancin]

Another fix to maybe assist in getting the majority of the water to the drain would be to cut a trough in the floor with a concrete saw

 

[SteveLBZ06]

what we use is on page 96 of the catalog. they actually absorb oils and such but we use them as berms or sandbags basically to contain water also. i know they are very pricey but they do work, you just mash them together and squish them into the floor. you may not need the exact thing we use but i figured the catalog would be a place to start anyways.

 

[durallymax]

Another fix to maybe assist in getting the majority of the water to the drain would be to cut a trough in the floor with a concrete saw

We have in floor heat so thats not an option.

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[pornstar dancin]

Well guess the cheap fix wont work then

 

[BlkMax]

It depends on how much water pools on the floor, but the State of Alaska used to have road lines (striping) that went down as a roll, or maybe a high build urea paint. Anyway, the stuff was high enough that the graders peel it up when plowing the roads in the winter.

I'm thinking it is about 1/8" high.....or that is what it looks like when I drive by the mess on the side before the grader operator lifts the blade a little.:roflmao::roflmao:

If you could handle the little bump, you wouldn't have to move it when rolling stuff back and forth across the floor. I have no idea about the cost

 

[durallymax]

I'm not really looking for something permanent as the needs for it are different everytime. I want to use it to keep water away from projects which are always in different locations.

I sent a request for a sample of the PIG companies little Dyke. $2?? for a 10' section though, but I do know they make good stuff.

 

[durallymax]

Got my sample of Pig's dyke. Seems like a nice product. The feel of it is identical to something ive felt before. Just cant seem to remember what it was though.

Its a very soft tacky jelly like product. Dirt sticks to it like a magnet yet it wipes off easy.

I might try a sample of their drive over stuff.

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[messejme]

There is a product like that that can be permanently applied to the entire floor to relevel and or repitch the floor that is pitching inthe wrong direction or has settled over time.
http://www.garonproducts.com/faqs/FloorCoatings.asp

 

[durallymax]

I dk. I have a feeling it would take a lot of that conpound to get enough pitch across the 50x60 section to drain it well. Not to mention the added pitch needed for compensating for slush and other debris that may divert it.

For how big of an area it is we really just needed another drain down the middle. I think well try the pig barriers for now.

Looking at some of their other products too and trying to calculate if they would be feasible. I would love to completely get rid of floor dry but getting the pig socks and mats to have an equal enough cost would require different practices in the shop. Probably need a container for socks that were partially used so they can be fully used before disposal.

Definatley buying a big roll of their mats for doing trannies and such though. Floor dry is a bad deal when it comes to thst stuff.

The dust in floor dry bugs me a lot too and it gets old having piles of it everywhere and dealing with it when someone parks a wet vehicle over it.

We use Napa floor dry right now which is diatamaceous earth versus clay. Lighter and works better but still messy.

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