u/rosstein33

I have a sink hole developing in my drive, right next to my garage. The hole appears to be opening up underneath the slab of my garage.

Some quick recommendations from friends was to use hydraulic hydraulic water stop cement to seal the hole and then back fill, but that person also agreed that calling a geotech might be worth it because of its proximity to the garage.

Figured I'd jump in here and see what you all might have to say.

Opening right now is a little over 12". Depth is approx 18".

Red square in the picture from the outside of the hole is where the ground/asphalt meets the footing wall of my garage.

Red square in the picture from inside the hole is boxing in the underside of that footing wall. Hole extends under the garage past that edge another 12" give or take. In this picture, my phone is in the hole, facing under the garage.

Edit to add some additional info:

my driveway is sloped at about 15-20° down from street level to the garage. We had some pretty torrential rains in my area for a few days, and that storm water will ultimately run that direction. That area was showing signs of distress a while back, but it didn't seem like anything crazy.

I was on the treadmill around 10am this morning when the wife came in concerned because she had found a good amount of water on the floor and thought it was an outside spigot that was running a hose, and was leaking in the house. It was actually the basement shower and it's broken drain. Ended up being a 4hr situation, certainly not on my bingo card, and I only have a semi-permanent fix in place (drain body lock ring came loose and I can't access under the shower (single-piece fiber glass shower fully framed in and on concrete basement floor).

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I'm mildly handy. This whole situation ended up being in my knowledge/abilities, but when it first kicked off I thought I was out of my league. I wish I was more handy. I'm good with computers and cooking and other stuff not related to complex home problems. I also have self esteem issues. When these things happen, I get frustrated with myself. But I'm also a good dad and a good husband.

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So I fixed it the only way I possibly could. Spoke with a friend who's super handy and he agreed with my fix. So now sitting around after this long day....was getting ready to start a video game while my wife is in the other room with our youngest of 3 watching some TV before his bed time. She expressed so much gratitude for taking care of the problem today, but it was also a team effort, and her love for me was so important in today's outcome.

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That's the story behind sharing this text exchange.

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We just had our 20th anniversary. We've had some tougher times, but way more ups and than downs. I'm lucky.