How To Put A Floor Drain In Concrete

In many cases facility builders and managers have to work around pre existing concrete flooring to install their trench drain or slot drain systems.

How to put a floor drain in concrete. I show you how we pour a 3 bay garage concrete floor that has 3 trench drains one for each bay. Despite how it may seem it s actually relatively easy to retrofit a drainage system especially with the right system. Add a drain cover. When the concrete floor is pitched to a floor drain all the water runs into the drain keeping the floor dry.

Use a measuring tape to determine the run for the drainage system. Purchase a trench drain kit of the proper size needed to complete the project. Remove the coffee can from the concrete once it has set and add a trap and drain cover to complete your work. Installing a channel drain in existing concrete.

Mix your concrete and smooth it with a trowel. We ll set it on the pipe at the correct height and glue it in place. Mark off the installation area for the trench. After the concrete has had time to set up remove the can from the new floor drain hole.

The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor. 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. Make sure you bevel the area around the drain spot so that the water won t pool and will instead easily drain into it.

After the forms have been set for the new drain system in the floor pour new concrete and allow it to dry. Be sure to remove enough concrete from the area just before the drain pipe to fit a drain trap in line. Without a drain water just puddles and sits on the floor until it evaporates or is wiped up. This is the final step and quite easy to do.

You can use it on a 2 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. Install the cover and trap to finish off your new system. As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra.