Mix the concrete according the the mixing directions and smooth out with a trowel.
How to make a garage floor drain.
There are two ways to go about the garage drain system.
A concrete floor drain is really quite simple to install your first step is to decide what kind of floor drain you want.
This is easier to do but you will need to make a special ramp to enter the garage.
Trench drains come in sections that can be connected with each other.
Installing this kind of drain after you build the garage involves cutting through the concrete slab digging the trench installing the drain channel and pouring new concrete to refinish the slab.
The concrete contractor needs to create large shallow funnels.
Step 1 choose a drain type.
One possibility is to raise the level of the garage over the existing 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.
As we pour the concrete we pitch each bay to the trench dra.
You can install one section in the middle or since it comes with sections you can connect it up till the length of your garage.
Alternatively you can dig the existing floor with a power drill.
The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain.
I show you how we pour a 3 bay garage concrete floor that has 3 trench drains one for each bay.
Depending on what brand you buy the length of it also varies.
Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology.
Pitching or sloping the entire garage floor from back to front so water runs out the door and onto the driveway is your other option.