Filling In A Floor Drain

Owner wants drain plugged permanently.

Filling in a floor drain.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. Fill the p trap with water. And then stuff rockwool insulation in it and fill it up with hydraulic cement. Ci is rotted away to about 2 below surface.

Has ci floor drain in slab. Under the floor the other end of the pipe connects to other drain pipes in the house so before i cover the area with more carpeting i d like to seal that pipe off permanently to avoid any possible leakage in the future. I have an old pvc sewer drain pipe that comes up out of a concrete slab floor. Smith sani ceptor 3 in.

Inside caulk plastic floor drain. If you put too much hydraulic cement in it it may get into the main building drain that is why you stuff rockwool into. Many basement floor drains tie directly to the home s sewer system but in some communities local building codes require floor drains to run to a sump pit where a pump lifts the water to the exterior surface of the house. Adjustable floor drain set with round top nickel bronze.

Add cooking oil to floor drains. Floor drains are most often installed during original construction often in the utility area to drain away excess water in the basement. Jones stephens 4 x 2 in. No hub cast iron nickel bronze floor drain.

It ll keep foul odors out of your house. Removal of commercial coin washer machines and making the drains into a floor drain. Floor will be covered in vct. Keep water seal in your floor drains from drying out with a thin layer of cooking oil.

Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse.