We've just put an offer in on a house with a garage, so potential board opportunity. When we viewed it though, there was water pooled over the garage floor which further inspection shows that the garage floor is separate to the walls with a waterway/gutter all around the concrete slab for drainage. The previous owners have placed yellow piping all along presumably to help shift the water outside, but orangey silt looks like it has blocked it up causing the water to run across the floor rather than along the drainage. Due to the positioning of the garage and garden, the garden is actually about a foot or so higher than the garage floor and is directly on the garage wall at the back of it - in the photo you can see some markings on the back wall which lines up with the garden level. Hopefully the image helps with the explanation.
My question is, as I have no experience here, is what are my options in terms of minimising damp in the garage? Obviously my first step would be to clear out any silt/gunk from the drains and see how that improves it, but it looks like water might be coming through the bottom half of the wall - should I be looking at placing a barrier on the external wall between the soil and the brickwork?
Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!


My question is, as I have no experience here, is what are my options in terms of minimising damp in the garage? Obviously my first step would be to clear out any silt/gunk from the drains and see how that improves it, but it looks like water might be coming through the bottom half of the wall - should I be looking at placing a barrier on the external wall between the soil and the brickwork?
Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!

