Floor Drain Installation

If you are building a new floor then plan out where the drainage will go.

Floor drain installation.

The floor trap is part of the drain assembly of a basement drain. A square garage floor drain these also come round is a simple very easy to install floor drain. A garage can be a messy place and keeping it clean is much less complicated if you can simply wash down the floor and allow the water to run into a floor drain. In this video i am replacing a floor trap in a basement.

Find a location for the floor drain. If your laundry room floor slopes to a central point that is the logical place to place the drain. If the floor is flat and level you may choose to locate the drain in a certain spot with the expectation that later on you will create a sloped floor. Installing a floor drain in a garage.

A trap will help to make cleaning your drain much easier and will keep larger debris out of the drain. The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain. The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter. They are very inexpensive and much faster easier to put in place.

Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. Planning drainage for new flooring. This trap is a standard three inc. Commercial floor drains from zurn provides a complete line floor drains that are durable and easy to install.

Then install the membrane over the mortar bed and over the drain base and cut out a section over the drain hole in order to attach the center part of the drain on which the weep holes are located. Lay out the pipes in place and install the drainage cover and trap.