Flooring Over Drain

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

Flooring over drain.

Many basement floor drains tie directly to the home s sewer system but in some communities local building codes require floor drains to run to a sump pit where a pump lifts the water to the exterior surface of the house. This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support. If the floor was flat level i would just cover it up and assume it s fine. Cover the sleepers with 6 millimeter plastic and then lay down 5 8 inch plywood.

Mark around the circle and onto the flooring. Lay the cardboard circle on top of the flooring in the position of the drain. I realise that i will need to have some kind of hatch so that i can access the drain if we ever need to. I m concerned the snap together flooring light buckle or come apart because of the slope.

The previous home owner covered up the existing floor drain. I ve purchased vinyl plank flooring to replace the laminate and i would like to avoid covering up the floor drain. The ideal way to put down a wood floor over concrete that is subject to dampness is to first put down pressure 2 by 4 inch sleepers or lengths of wood on the floor that are spaced 16 inches apart on center. Cover the plywood with 15 pound roofing felt and then.

Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse. It s flat ish for most of the room but the 2 feet or so around the drain are sloped quite a bit. Remember that laminate flooring like swiss krono usa s laminate wood flooring is a floating floor it will expand and contract as temperature and other conditions change. Floor drain is not in use but there is laundry in the area so i did not want to cover up in case of catastrophic on a water line.

The builders used a raised access hatch and have put concrete screed over the floor. The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter. I tore up our basement flooring over the weekend that consisted of laminate. I have had a new conservatory built over an existing drain cover.

I now want to lay laminate flooring to finish it. Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. But the floor slopes towards the drain pretty aggressively.