Bathroom Floor Drain Installation

If the new bathroom is on the second floor the bathroom s main drain will have to travel through the wall on the first floor and down to the basement or crawlspace.

Bathroom floor drain installation.

Always follow the manufacturer s directions for installing a bathroom vanity. Level the vanity and shim at the floor if necessary. Integral trap floor drain one of the most practical floor drains to be developed is a floor drain with an integral deep seal trap and no hub side outlet connection. Failure to achieve adequate slope will result in standing water problems.

Too much slope will create a poor feel to the floor and cause the unsettling sensation of the room being crooked. This is the same problem as putting a floor drain under a washing machine. The drain body has a floor level cleanout opening and may be supplied with such optional. In the room below the installation the drain lines turn outward at 45 degree.

When installing a floor drain on most indoor floor surfaces it is important to slope the floor slightly so that water will flow toward the drain efficiently. Measure mark and drill holes for drain and supply pipes. Some vanities will come with pre drilled holes for easier installation. If you can t let it drain to daylight then you have to dump it into your sanitary drainage system and you have sewer gas so you have to install a trap and it has to be vented and the trap has to stay wet or it will dry out from evaporation and then the trap doesn t work and you have sewer gas in your bathroom.

If a drain line is nearby you may choose to run a pipe to it rather than running a new line. Does your sink have a pop up drain. This drain is ideal for use in floor areas built on grade where the sewer line is shallow. In this episode of repair and replace stephany shows how to replace a drain in a bathroom sink.

If your laundry room floor slopes to a central point that is the logical place to place the drain. 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. Second good floor drains are typically designed to keep unpleasant odors from entering the restroom through the drain. Learn how to replace it.