Plugging the basement floor drain - Fine Homebuilding
Jun 15, 2004 · Plugging the basement floor drain. Customer mentioned the water problem in the basement and we walked down to look. Two floor drains just a few feet from each other. When there are heavy rains the water backs up the floor drains. This is an area where the storm and sanitary sewers are not sewerS but just a sewer, so the back up is rather ...
Old Basement floor drain - Fine Homebuilding
BryanSayer | Aug 21, 2006 05:07pm | #4. Old houses often had a toilet in the basement. These connections did not have a trap in them. If your floor drain was once for a toilet, you may be lacking a trap. All of which is to say, if this is the case, your floor drain goes to the sanitary sewer system. BTW, the plug should not have fit down the ...
leveling basement floor (has drain in the middle of ‘dip’
May 23, 2011 · Have a full basement, with a drain in the middle (house built in the 1920's). The floor slopes strongly to the drain. Which COULD be nice when I flush the hot water heater for the first time, but is terrible for putting in some walls for a laundry area. (The washer/dryer are pretty much in front of the drain). What to do, what to do? Build …
Radon mitigation with interior perimeter drains ... - Fine …
Jul 11, 2015 · For a radon-mitigation system to work with a perimeter drain system, be mindful of the following details. • If the perforated pipe drains to daylight, it’s essential to install a check valve at the termination point of the drain. • If the perforated pipe drains to …
Old home, basement drains? - Fine Homebuilding
Nov 2, 2006 · The floor drain in the basement was connected to the sanitary waste, however, on the same property, the downspouts and weeping tile were connected to a seperate storm drain. To my suprise, the pipe under the slab was iron, and in very good condition after 50 years. Must be the hard water and limestone soil.
Top 10 Water-Heater Code Violations - Fine Homebuilding
Code expert Glenn Mathewson describes 10 common water-heater code issues, including confusion about drip pans and drains, unsupported expansion tanks and plastic vents, lack of combustion air, and more. Some of these violations can be life-safety hazards, so avoiding these mistakes is crucial. In the minds of many, installing a tank water ...
Roughing-in Drain-Waste-Vent Pipes - Fine Homebuilding
Maintain a minimum slope of 1⁄4 in. per ft., and support drains at least every 4 ft. Dry-fit all pieces, and use a grease pencil to make alignment marks on pipes and fittings. Other fixture drains. Run the 1 1⁄4-in., 1 1⁄2-in., and 2-in. fixture drains up from the main drain takeoff.
Basement drain cover - Fine Homebuilding
Aug 9, 2013 · Basement drain cover. This is my first post…we purchased an older (1928) home a year ago and just experienced some flooding in the basement and discovered that the drain had this inverted bowl on the bottom of the drain cover plate that prevented any water going down the drain, at least when I removed the cover the water went down immediately.
Tying Into an Existing Drain Line - Fine Homebuilding
As fast as possible, slip a coupling on each end of existing drain pipe, pushing each coupling up far enough to allow the new wye assembly to fit into place. Once in position, slide the couplings back down onto the wye assembly so the center of each coupling is over the 1/4-in. gap you left, again adding a quarter-turn twist. The new drain line ...
Basement drain with unremovable cap - Fine Homebuilding
Apr 25, 2020 · About 4 years ago I purchased a home built in 1991. The house has been great and even though it needed work, it has been a great house. The one thing that is bothering me and I can’t wrap my head around is the basement drain. There are two drains in the basement, I can see the drain cap. There is one in the garage as well.