How To Put A Floor Drain In Concrete

When the concrete floor is pitched to a floor drain all the water runs into the drain keeping the floor dry.

How to put a floor drain in concrete.

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. Decide where to place the drain such as down the middle of a garage floor or at the end of a driveway. Remove the coffee can from the concrete once it has set and add a trap and drain cover to complete your work.

The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor. You can use it on a 2 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. Install the cover and trap to finish off your new system. I show you how we pour a 3 bay garage concrete floor that has 3 trench drains one for each bay.

After the forms have been set for the new drain system in the floor pour new concrete and allow it to dry. Installing a channel drain in existing concrete. After the concrete has had time to set up remove the can from the new floor drain hole. As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra.

This is the final step and quite easy to do. Purchase a trench drain kit of the proper size needed to complete the project. Mark off the installation area for the trench. Add a drain cover.

We ll set it on the pipe at the correct height and glue it in place. If you want to make everything a consistent color you can paint the floor or add interlocking flooring. Mix your concrete and smooth it with a trowel. Despite how it may seem it s actually relatively easy to retrofit a drainage system especially with the right system.

In many cases facility builders and managers have to work around pre existing concrete flooring to install their trench drain or slot drain systems. Without a drain water just puddles and sits on the floor until it evaporates or is wiped up. Use a measuring tape to determine the run for the drainage system.