If the floor was flat level i would just cover it up and assume it s fine.
Flooring over drain.
Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse.
But the floor slopes towards the drain pretty aggressively.
I now want to lay laminate flooring to finish it.
Cover the sleepers with 6 millimeter plastic and then lay down 5 8 inch plywood.
Garage floor drain ideas time tested technology.
Lay the cardboard circle on top of the flooring in the position of the drain.
The previous home owner covered up the existing floor drain.
Lay your flooring loosely over the floor drain in the position it will be in relation to the previously laid portion of flooring.
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.
The house i grew up in had a garage floor drain.
I tore up our basement flooring over the weekend that consisted of laminate.
The concrete sub floor seems flat enough for the flooring except for around the floor drain.
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.
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.
Mark around the circle and onto the flooring.
This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support.
I have had a new conservatory built over an existing drain cover.
Cover the plywood with 15 pound roofing felt and then.
The builders used a raised access hatch and have put concrete screed over the floor.
It s flat ish for most of the room but the 2 feet or so around the drain are sloped quite a bit.
I ve purchased vinyl plank flooring to replace the laminate and i would like to avoid covering up the floor drain.
The inspiration for this column came from unexpected comments about a brief mention of garage floor drains in my december 1 2019 askthebuilder newsletter.
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.