Flush To The Floor Clean Out

How to clean a continuous floor drain.

Flush to the floor clean out.

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. A screw attaches some floor drains so use the screwdriver to remove them. Remove the plug with an adjustable wrench. Allow the solution to sit for 30 minutes.

Carpeted floor cleanouts suffix x carpet clamping frame 4020 4025 and 4031 series only. Quickly open the cap and step out of the way. 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. The main clean out fitting is usually a large diameter pipe with a threaded plug in the top.

In most cases the main clean out will be located at some point along this line from floor drain to street. This serves as a func tional safe flush with floor cleanout during period prior to carpet installation. A clogged floor drain can leave water standing in. 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.

Every floor drain is different so check yours out thoroughly before starting the flush. 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. Adjustable cleanout assembly is installed with nickel bronze frame and secured cover flush with concrete slab fig. The clean out is presumably for your main sewer line which probably runs under the floor and out to the street or septic system.

Open the cap and let the buildup drain out. Use this port to flush the drain with distilled vinegar. Complete the cleaning by flushing the pipe with. 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 you don t like the odor you can use peroxide to gently bubble away the remaining debris. 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. Look behind bushes or in a metal or plastic box recessed into the ground. If you have a continuous floor drain in your garage or laundry room a backup can be a messy experience.

You can run the screw right into the cleanout plug. Alternately you can use hot water and a drop of dish liquid. In some instances the clean out fitting will be flush mounted in the floor but it may also be a raised stub out pipe. Any waste that the clog has caused to build up will come spilling out of the main line drain.

Stand clear as you remove the plug and as you work on the clog.