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Floor drains are not required in laundry rooms in domestic houses, but you can always contact your local building authority for code requirements in your area.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoAnonymous
hmm just had a new home built 7 months old in Hervey Bay Queensland Australia wife somehow flooded the laundry and the HOUSE !! if there was a drain in the laundry floor the damage would have been minimal now it is a very expensive exercise I tried to get an answer out of QBCC should the laundry in the domestic house have a floor drain it was a bit too hard for them to reply good old government department useless
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Why do you need to flush a floor drain periodically?
Floor drain trap can dry out leaving no seal, allowing sewer gases to escape.
Is it possible to install a tub drain above the concrete floor?
You would have to build a platform for the tub to sit on. About 3 inches if you are using a floor drain. There is a trap right after the floor drain so you would not need one at the tub. If possible you could position the tub directly over the floor drain but that would eliminate the floor drain which would be a problem if the basement every flooded.
What is the difference of a gully trap drain from a floor drain?
The difference between a gully trap drain and a floor drain is placement. A floor drain is in a floor, a gully trap drain goes on an external wall.
Washing machine drains water backs up run on floor?
Washing machine drains into a floor drain? The drain need cleaning. Liquid drain cleaner may do it, or it may need to be snaked. Simple fix is to get a 30 gallon trash can, cut a small hole in the bottom, the size of a quarter and set it over the drain. Let the washer drain into that. The small hole will let the water drain at a rate that the floor drain can handle it.
Can a floor drain be primed by a second floor drain?
No.
Deference between floor drain and floor cleanout?
Floor is sloped toward floor drain for draining. Floor cleanout is level with floor and is used to clean out drain line.
Toilet wont work on floor drain?
Probably not. There is no vent for that drain, it did not need one for a floor drain. A toilet is trying to push against the air pressure in the drain.Normally a decent plumber will install a floor drain with in 15 feet of a vented line or will vent the FD in case irt exceeds the 15 ft ruleA Floor drain can be as small as 2" diameter and thus it is undersized for a toilet and a floor drain alread has a trap and a toilet would thus be drouble trapped
How does a floor drain work?
A floor drain , drains water and other liquids that spilled on the floor
When installing a shower drain in a concrete floor how do you determine the height of the drain which will protrude through the concrete?
First determine what you are going to install as the shower unit. If there is to be no shower unit and it will just drain through the concrete floor, then it will be flush with the floor. If you are installing a unit, then you need to look at the unit to determine the distance obove the concrete to place the drain.
When you do laundry why does the floor drain start to come up with water from the washer?
The drain from the washer to the main line is getting plugged and the floor drain is easier. Drain cleaner in the floor drain should take care of it.
Does a new floor drain in a residential concrete basement floor in a former dirt crawl space need a vent?
A 3" or greater sized floor drain with p-trap doesn't need a vent providing,the fixture drain or(the pipe leading horisontally to the p-trap)is, as or longer,than 18".A p-trap lesser than 3" must be vented.
How large of a cut out in a wood floor for a second floor toilet addition?
All you will need to cut out is the hole for the drain, probably 5 inch circle. The ceiling below and how you route the drain is always different.
