How to Locate Floor Drains in a Basement
Floor drains are installed in basements to help prevent standing water and flooding. A floor drain will usually be a grate several inches in diameter. The main function of floor drains is to drain the water out of your basement and empty directly into a sewer or your home's holding tank. Finding out where your floor drains are installed is usually a simple thing to do. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Look for low areas of the basement. Since floor drains are used to drain water away and water naturally flows to low spots, it would make sense to install a floor drain in a low area.
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Check in the vicinity of your water heater and/or water softener. Floor drains will often be installed nearby to these.
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Notice where your plumbing pipes are located, and find the access point to enter the plumbing. (The access point is where a roto rooter is inserted in to clear up clogs and such.) The access point will be a Y-shaped plumbing piece with a square bit on the end that unscrews. As water can leak out of this if there is a clog, there will most likely be a floor drain nearby.
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