Problem solving 101- Steep driveway

[will69camaro]

Grind that ledge off and deal with leaves/dust getting into the garage. You can buy strips that go on either side of where the door lands on the driveway to help against this. Several friends have it done this way. That lip is there to keep debris/water out of your garage. Water being the most important and looking at your driveway I dont think you have to worry about that. Should give you enough to fix it. Just grind that off and taper it into the garage.

William

[Neil B]

If you don't want to grind the concrete, you can use some well-placed 2x8's tapered on the ends as people have suggested. Use the boards in the garage to raise the front end and find the right spot in the driveway to raise the rear as you crest the garage entrance. Keep the boards to about 2 feet in length and place the rear boards in front of the rear tires as you are driving in. You need to have a nice taper on the boards to keep them from sliding and/or flipping up.

Another route would be air-ride. LOL.

[Vegas69]

My vote is to fix your ground clearance. You should be able to clear that easily. What about speed bumps or road debris?

[Sieg]

http://www.saberfoundations.com/concrete-grinding.html

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

My vote is to fix your ground clearance. You should be able to clear that easily. What about speed bumps or road debris?

^^^^^^^^^^^^ What he said. Every once in awhile he gets it right!

[Track Junky]

Concrete grinding is great for public sidewalks and such but would look horrible at your garage entrance. Judging from the picture you posted I'm going to assume that all the houses in the neighborhood look the same where the driveway meets your garage slab? Not sure why.....it's not typical......at least where I'm from.
If it were me I would look for a matt type flooring and place it throughout the entire floor in the garage so it would look uniform. Cant remember where I saw them but the one that I saw came in 3x3 squares or something like that, about an inch thick, interlocked at the edges and they had a diamond plate appearance on top but in a gray color finish.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

My vote is to fix your ground clearance. You should be able to clear that easily. What about speed bumps or road debris?

I agree but that driveway angle looks severe. The angle is more like a ramp for loading dirt bikes into a 4x4.

[JustWaiting]

Lutzy - sent you an email with a pic of my driveway scraping solution.

[GregWeld]

Best idea yet --- List the house for sale with Vegas69 and hire Tracky to build you a proper house without the issue... you need way bigger garage anyway. Houses where actual people live are way overrated.

[lutzy]

Thanks for all the responses. I went and bought a concrete grinder and grinded down the lip of the garage slab with the combination of 2 pieces of 2x10's I was able to pull in my garage fine. Thanks