Flooring Over Drain

Mark around the circle and onto the flooring.

Flooring over drain.

Lay your flooring loosely over the floor drain in the position it will be in relation to the previously laid portion of flooring. I now want to lay laminate flooring to finish it. This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support. The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter.

Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology. The builders used a raised access hatch and have put concrete screed over the floor. Cover the plywood with 15 pound roofing felt and then. It s flat ish for most of the room but the 2 feet or so around the drain are sloped quite a bit.

The previous home owner covered up the existing floor drain. I tore up our basement flooring over the weekend that consisted of laminate. I realise that i will need to have some kind of hatch so that i can access the drain if we ever need to. 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.

Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse. The concrete sub floor seems flat enough for the flooring except for around the floor drain. Cover the sleepers with 6 millimeter plastic and then lay down 5 8 inch plywood. I did use some of the double side tape of for the plank that has the drain hole cut out just to help hold it around the drain.

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. If the floor was flat level i would just cover it up and assume it s fine. I have had a new conservatory built over an existing drain cover. I ve purchased vinyl plank flooring to replace the laminate and i would like to avoid covering up the floor drain.

Lay the cardboard circle on top of the flooring in the position of the drain. The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain. 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.