How To Put A Floor Drain In Concrete

This is a 6 inch floor drain we install in our concrete floors when the customer wants a drain in their basement.

How to put a floor drain in concrete.

The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor. As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra. After the concrete has had time to set up remove the can from the new floor drain hole. Add a drain cover.

In many cases facility builders and managers have to work around pre existing concrete flooring to install their trench drain or slot drain systems. Install the cover and trap to finish off your new system. Make sure you bevel the area around the drain spot so that the water won t pool and will instead easily drain into it. Remove the coffee can from the concrete once it has set and add a trap and drain cover to complete your work.

Mix your concrete and smooth it with a trowel. Retrofit a floor with a floor drain by using a hammer and chisel to break away the concrete to form the drain trenches. Add a drain cover. If you want to make everything a consistent color you can paint the floor or add interlocking flooring.

Use a measuring tape to determine the run for the drainage system. Mark off the installation area for the trench. Decide where to place the drain such as down the middle of a garage floor or at the end of a driveway. Purchase a trench drain kit of the proper size needed to complete the project.

You can use it on a 2 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. When the concrete floor is pitched to a floor drain all the water runs into the drain keeping the floor dry. Despite how it may seem it s actually relatively easy to retrofit a drainage system especially with the right system. I show you how we pour a 3 bay garage concrete floor that has 3 trench drains one for each bay.

Installing a channel drain in existing concrete. Without a drain water just puddles and sits on the floor until it evaporates or is wiped up. We ll set it on the pipe at the correct height and glue it in place.