How To Put A Floor Drain In Concrete

Without a drain water just puddles and sits on the floor until it evaporates or is wiped up.

How to put a floor drain in concrete.

Installing a channel drain in existing concrete. Despite how it may seem it s actually relatively easy to retrofit a drainage system especially with the right system. Add a drain cover. Use a measuring tape to determine the run for the drainage system.

You can use it on a 2 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. This is the final step and quite easy to do. This is a 6 inch floor drain we install in our concrete floors when the customer wants a drain in their basement. Make sure you bevel the area around the drain spot so that the water won t pool and will instead easily drain into it.

As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra. Purchase a trench drain kit of the proper size needed to complete the project. Mark off the installation area for the trench. The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor.

After the forms have been set for the new drain system in the floor pour new concrete and allow it to dry. I show you how we pour a 3 bay garage concrete floor that has 3 trench drains one for each bay. Be sure to remove enough concrete from the area just before the drain pipe to fit a drain trap in line. When the concrete floor is pitched to a floor drain all the water runs into the drain keeping the floor dry.

Retrofit a floor with a floor drain by using a hammer and chisel to break away the concrete to form the drain trenches. Mix your concrete and smooth it with a trowel. Decide where to place the drain such as down the middle of a garage floor or at the end of a driveway. Add a drain cover.

We ll set it on the pipe at the correct height and glue it in place. In many cases facility builders and managers have to work around pre existing concrete flooring to install their trench drain or slot drain systems. After the concrete has had time to set up remove the can from the new floor drain hole.