Make A Drain Hole In The Concrete Floor

Step 1 making a pilot hole.

Make a drain hole in the concrete floor.

Don your mask your goggles and your gloves. A concrete floor drain is really quite simple to install your first step is to decide what kind of floor drain you want. If you want to make everything a consistent color you can paint the floor or add interlocking flooring. To avoid that you need to make sure that the surface is sloped away when pouring a concrete.

Insert the concrete screw into the anchor and drive into the wall until secure. The concrete will be much lighter than the surrounding concrete floor. How to repair a hole in the floor of a slab foundation. If you just lay the concrete foundation the water won t have any natural escape and will accumulate on the floor forming paddles.

Add a drain cover. Concrete basement floors can be drilled through if you are slow and careful about it. You will require a few specialized tools and bits but once you ve got the hang of it you ll find it s fairly simple. With the weep screed screen device installed in outdoor stucco to allow moisture to drain to the exterior exposed it will be able to do its job of letting trapped moisture out from behind the stucco.

Concrete can have air pockets and pebbles or stones that can make resistance unpredictable with the result that it can be disturbingly easy to lose control of the tool for a moment. After the concrete has had time to set up remove the can from the new floor drain hole. Unlike in new construction in which a concrete contractor would simply design the floor with a gentle slope toward the drain existing basement floors are typically made to be level in other. If necessary tap in lightly with a hammer.

Expand the drill hole to accommodate the anchor. Many remodel projects in homes with a concrete foundation and slab call for moving plumbing fixtures such as toilets sinks and floor drains. To break up the area further use a pickax. An approximate drop of 1 8 to 1 4 per linear should do.

Remove any concrete dust then press the anchor into the hole until it is flush with the surface. If you re installing concrete walls to build the garage on you will have to have some kind of hole in the wall for the pipe to go through. Use hammers to begin breaking up the areas between the holes. Later if an old drain line ruptures or the homeowner puts an addition onto the house it might be necessary to cut the concrete floor to reach the old plumbing or to connect a new line.