Floor Sink Drain Installation

Allows easy access for cleaning and debris removal caused by indirect waste sources such as sinks lavatories and condensate drains.

Floor sink drain installation. Consider this a supplemental video to all the professional plumber videos that are available in which they don t really tell you everything to think about be. If you are in an older home where they are shared you could do it but you will have to excavate the floor and make the connection sub slab with rigid connections and not flexible hose or pipe. The drain is on the floor about an inch away from the wall between the two water supply lines which also come up from the floor. Find a location for the floor drain.

A sink needs to be connected to your sanitary sewer. In a combination waste and vent system the p trap and riser must be at least one size larger than the drain s outlet. When you are installing a kitchen sink drain pipe along with the drain attachment on the floor you will need to be able to fit the drain and the parts together. Apply firm pressure all around the top of the flange to seat it securely in its bed of putty.

Installing a floor sink. Set the new drain into place inside the sink basin. If the floor is flat and level you may choose to locate the drain in a certain spot with the expectation that later on you will create a sloped floor. The connection and floor sink outlet can be whatever size he wants it to be.

If you were to terminate an in direct waste to an open site drain that was also used as a floor drain that drain could easily become clogged with dirt and trash. I ve read that s traps are against code but it seems like the only way to connect a pedestal sink to this floor drain that s located almost directly under the sink. Oatey pvc floor sinks are used for general service drainage in application such as commercial kitchens and hospitals. Make sure the drain is perfectly flush with the bottom surface of the sink before you continue.

A floor sink is a receptacle usually square. The floor drain will be connected to your storm sewer. Insert the bottom of the drain into the open drain hole. You ll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you haven t already.

An indirect waste producing a fair amount of discharge can create a dangerous if not toxic environment. In order to do this you will have to attach the drain to the s trap below your sink where it falls into the floor including applying putty and putting drains into the base of the sink adding the tailpiece and then fitting the t. If your laundry room floor slopes to a central point that is the logical place to place the drain.