Pouring Garage Floor With Drain

The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain.

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. Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. Installing a floor drain in a garage s concrete slab floor is best done when pouring the slab. Concretefloor garagefloor howtopourconcretefloors in this video i m pouring a concrete floor for a new garage.

Remember you ll need to dig beneath the wall to reach the trenches you dug out earlier to connect the two. If the concrete is already set in your garage the garage floor most likely slopes towards the driveway. Pour one area remove the forms and stakes and pour the second or third areas. The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter.

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. The builder installed what he identifies as 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.

I drained the livewell from my boat in garage floor. Floor is completely flat without any slope to drain or towards door. In the case shown wire was used as reinforcement. Have new residential construction with attached garage.

Have read codes that garage floor must slope out or to a drain. The dimensions of the garage are 16 x 22. Garage floors are usually poured 4 to 6 inches thick. Installing a garage floor drain is a convenient way of controlling any water that drips off your car and onto the concrete floor.

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