Flush To The Floor Clean Out

How to clean a continuous floor drain.

Flush to the floor clean out.

If you have a continuous floor drain in your garage or laundry room a backup can be a messy experience. Waste water may drain out when you open the cleanout and when you break the clog. Any waste that the clog has caused to build up will come spilling out of the main line drain. Open the cap and let the buildup drain out.

The main clean out fitting is usually a large diameter pipe with a threaded plug in the top. This ingenious adapter glues directly into abs pipe using the black abs adapter or glues directly into pvc pipe using the white pvc adapter. If yours doesn t have a screw or you ve just taken the screw out you can easily pry the grated top out of the floor. If you don t like the odor you can use peroxide to gently bubble away the remaining debris.

Find a clean out plug located on a large drain pipe in areas such as your basement crawl space garage or near the foundation of your house. In some instances the clean out fitting will be flush mounted in the floor but it may also be a raised stub out pipe. Quickly open the cap and step out of the way. Adjustable cleanout assembly is installed with nickel bronze frame and secured cover flush with concrete slab fig.

You can run the screw right into the cleanout plug. In warm climates where homes are built on slab foundations the main clean out fitting is often outside usually near the exterior walls of the home. Each adapter includes a flush clean out plug with brass insert especially useful for applications that require a flush finish such as on walls or sidewalks. I would fit your flooring neatly around the clean out rim and then screw down a stainless steel cover plate that laps onto the flooring.

Allow the solution to sit for 30 minutes. Alternately you can use hot water and a drop of dish liquid. A clogged floor drain can leave water standing in. Remove the cover and inspect the drain.

A screw attaches some floor drains so use the screwdriver to remove them. Stand clear as you remove the plug and as you work on the clog. Complete the cleaning by flushing the pipe with. The clean out is presumably for your main sewer line which probably runs under the floor and out to the street or septic system.

Every floor drain is different so check yours out thoroughly before starting the flush. Use this port to flush the drain with distilled vinegar. In most cases the main clean out will be located at some point along this line from floor drain to street. Either way there is usually a square lug in the center of a plug used to twist the plug with a pipe wrench.

Remove the plug with an adjustable wrench.