Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] floor drain in wet rooms

15 April 2016

Re: [DIY] floor drain in wet rooms

We lived in a home overseas with a kitchen drain in tile floors and it was right in the center. I would have preferred it not be so obvious, plus if you dropped a screw etc, it would roll right down to the drain. The room here which will be the master bedroom has a drain in the center also - concrete floors. Was handy when we had a bad storm and wind driven drain came in. I have a rug over it now, I always think I've stepped on something. We are putting in a wet room so the tub and shower are in one room with center drain. If I was putting one in the kitchen I'd definitely offset it towards the appliances

Jan Flood
oakridgefarm@gmail.com

On Apr 14, 2016, at 11:20 AM, stratmister@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I'm building a new kitchen and wish to have a drain on the kitchen floor to drain incidental leaks away from the walls and adjacent rooms.

I'm just wondering if anyone has done this and how you did it.

I'm debating placing the drain in center of the kitchen floor, or just pitch the area immediately under dishwasher, sink, and refrigrator/ice maker, which would be wroughly an 8x3 ft area.

The floor will be tiled.

floor drain is very common in Europe and many parts of the world, and here in US. the commercial code calls for floor drain in wet areas like kitchen, locker room, bathroom, etc.

However, residential building code calls for "Minimum code" which doesn't include floor drain.

Its basically no different than the p trap under the sink, then connects to the main 3 or 4 " line in the crawl space. the cost is minimal compared to the typical water damage cased by incidental leaks from failing valves, plumbing, or appliances like DW. or ice maker.

Anyway, if anyone has experience with this let me know.

Thanks.

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