How To Put A Floor Drain In Concrete

The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor.

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. 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. Purchase a trench drain kit of the proper size needed to complete the project.

Decide where to place the drain such as down the middle of a garage floor or at the end of a driveway. Retrofit a floor with a floor drain by using a hammer and chisel to break away the concrete to form the drain trenches. Use a measuring tape to determine the run for the drainage system. Mark off the installation area for the trench.

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. This is a 6 inch floor drain we install in our concrete floors when the customer wants a drain in their basement. Mix your concrete and smooth it with a trowel.

You can use it on a 2 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. If you want to make everything a consistent color you can paint the floor or add interlocking flooring. After the forms have been set for the new drain system in the floor pour new concrete and allow it to dry. Make sure you bevel the area around the drain spot so that the water won t pool and will instead easily drain into it.

When the concrete floor is pitched to a floor drain all the water runs into the drain keeping the floor dry. Add a drain cover. As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra. Be sure to remove enough concrete from the area just before the drain pipe to fit a drain trap in line.

Install the cover and trap to finish off your new system. We ll set it on the pipe at the correct height and glue it in place. This is the final step and quite easy to do.