Pouring Garage Floor With Drain
Remember you ll need to dig beneath the wall to reach the trenches you dug out earlier to connect the two.
Pouring garage floor with drain. The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain. Floors should be reinforced according to local regulations. The dimensions of the garage are 16 x 22. Concretefloor garagefloor howtopourconcretefloors in this video i m pouring a concrete floor for a new garage.
Shower floors laundry areas entryways garage floors and patios are all areas where the floor may have a drain built in to help the floor drain water to a specific point. Installing a floor drain in a garage s concrete slab floor is best done when pouring the slab. Floor is completely flat without any slope to drain or towards door. I drained the livewell from my boat in garage floor.
A garage drain is also great for rinsing and cleaning the garage floor so all the dirty water doesn t end up on the driveway. If you are pouring. Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. Garage floors are usually poured 4 to 6 inches thick.
Have read codes that garage floor must slope out or to a drain. In the case shown wire was used as reinforcement. Pour one area remove the forms and stakes and pour the second or third areas. Rebar may be used for slabs requiring more support.
The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter. Pour the new concrete over your garage floor to fill the trench you dug but ensure that none will seep into your new drain hole you can place a coffee canister over. If the concrete is already set in your garage the garage floor most likely slopes towards the driveway. Garage floor drains can be trench drains.
Dig up the concrete garage floor to make way for the new floor drain. For the drain to function optimally the slab must slope toward the drain to direct water to the. Needing some info on garage floor drain. The builder installed what he identifies as floor drain.