Garage drain?

Before you entertain any thoughts of a drain, you should check with local laws. Adding a a drain to an exsiting floor can be a bit tricky. You need to excavate or break up the part of the floor for the drain and drain pipe. you would also need a place for the water to go.
 
It is illegal in many areas. They don't want motor oil in the sewer. You definately need to check with the local laws.
 
A neighbor avoided any isssues by having the drain exit just outside his garage and drains to his already in place driveway drain. The garage is above grade and the drain just runs under the new concrete floor to outside right next to his rain spout from the garage roof. The outside drain is close so it runs to it quite freely.
 
Yeah, check the local regs. I ended up having an oil separator and plugging into the sanitary sewer line. Pretty big deal, in my case.
 
i'm already the lowest point in a neighborhood. the house is lower than a street drain on our cul de sac. And we use septic for the actual house...does that help anyone?
 
Nah, I think you're still in the same situation. You can't have the nasty stuff work its way through your septic system (and come out in the leach bed or whatever) any more than you can pump it into a municipal sewer system. First step's still gonna be to check the local regs on sewers and drains.
 
mm. . .well you know i want it for washing indoors. . .not for dumping viscouss fluids. ;p



i wonder... do you know how to find out such regs in Georgia?
 
Kanchou said:
mm. . .well you know i want it for washing indoors. . .not for dumping viscouss fluids. ;p



i wonder... do you know how to find out such regs in Georgia?
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Well, I'd hope not. ;)



To find information like that, it would be best to talk to your city's building inspector or the city engineer. You should be able to reach both through your city hall. Even though you are the lowest point in your neighborhood, tapping into the sanitary sewer system is still possible, as it still has to drain downhill to somewhere. As Accumulator said, you will probably have to install an oil separator. Since you will be doing this to what I assume is an existing house, it could be a pricey endeavor.
 
Yeah, it's not just a matter of dumping nasty stuff down there, even seemingly innocuous stuff like car wash solution (and the stuff you clean OFF your car) can be a big deal. Such is life these days.



Believe me, I sure didn't want to put that oil separator into MY built-for-detailing garage! Heh heh, maybe the inspector knew I have a Jaguar ;)



If you know a builder, ask him. Or call your county/township government office. It'll probably be easier than you think to find out, someone will have it all written up and they'll give you a copy.
 
It is probably a big nuisance. You really need to re-contour the entire garage floor for the drain to work properly. In my last house (custom built) I had drains in each garage stall. Each stall was contoured so that all slopes led to the drain. Easy to do in new construction, probably not so easy as an after-build.
 
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