Shower Drain Into Floor Drain

Then simply remove the floor drain cover and drop a piece of pvc from the ell down the throat of the floor drain trap.

Shower drain into floor drain. While sink traps are usually p shaped some shower traps are s shaped so that water drops vertically away from the trap when it clears the s curve instead of being directed through a horizontal length of pipe. Put the drain body into the drain hole in the shower. 2 no all your drainage is already vented. You don t want to run a drain pipe directly into the trap of a floor drain.

Both will need their own vent. There are a lot of ways to build a really bad shower. You have to make a tight joint between the floor drain riser assuming there is a trap beneath it and then install your new shower drain. Nothing else matters other than this drain and whether it is vented properly or not.

Slide the drain in the connector it is not necessary to glue this as the connector provides sufficient sealing. The shower drain trap piping for a shower drain includes a trap like the ones you see under your sinks. Everybody s happy and you don t have to tear anything up. Check the water tightness of the shower drain and connection to the sewer to eliminate leaks.

A traditional shower pan requires a clamping drain which must be installed to meet the height of the liner and deck. 4 floor drains typically were not vented but if yours is cast iron it may have been. When the washers are in. First connect the linear shower drain to the drainage pipe and make sure that the drain pipe has sufficient slope.

It would double trap the line and it would prevent the drain from doing its job which is to catch surface water in the basement and move it to the drainage. From the bottom push a rubber washer onto the drain body then push on a slip washer to cover the rubber washer. A composite pan commonly has the drain slightly recessed in the floor whereas the riser must be the exact length required of that particular pan and drain combination. The vents can then tie back together above the flood level of the fixtures plus six inches.