Pouring Garage Floor With Drain

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.

Pouring garage floor with drain.

Have read codes that garage floor must slope out or to a drain. The builder installed what he identifies as floor drain. Installing a garage floor drain is a convenient way of controlling any water that drips off your car and onto the concrete floor. Once the drain is installed in the garage then pouring the concrete can be targeted towards creating the proper slope or pitch for moisture to have a clear path to the drain.

I drained the livewell from my boat in garage floor. If the concrete is already set in your garage the garage floor most likely slopes towards the driveway. 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. Garage floors are usually poured 4 to 6 inches thick.

Pour one area remove the forms and stakes and pour the second or third areas. Concretefloor garagefloor howtopourconcretefloors in this video i m pouring a concrete floor for a new garage. 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.

Rebar may be used for slabs requiring more support. 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. Dig up the concrete garage floor to make way for the new floor drain.

Floors should be reinforced according to local regulations. The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter. Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. Remember you ll need to dig beneath the wall to reach the trenches you dug out earlier to connect the two.

Have new residential construction with attached garage. Floor is completely flat without any slope to drain or towards door. Installing a floor drain in a garage s concrete slab floor is best done when pouring the slab. The dimensions of the garage are 16 x 22.