This piping looks complicated but it s not. You re looking at new garage floor drains, a simple P-trap and a surface clean-out. (Tim Carter) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: I’m about to build a new ...

Or you can seal the drain with a 2-in. test plug, also sold at home centers. A plug will stop rising sewage, but you’ll have to remove it every time you want to use the drain. Prepare the opening ...

Q. Our house has concrete slab floors, no basement or crawl. Our air conditioner and water softener used to drain to an opening in the floor in the utility closet, but the drain is stopped up. I wa… ...

At the very least, the funnel should be a total of 10 feet wide and 22 feet long. Center the floor drains so they're exactly under the center of the car or truck when it is parked in the garage.