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.

Flush to the floor clean out.

The clean out is presumably for your main sewer line which probably runs under the floor and out to the street or septic system. Carpeted floor cleanouts suffix x carpet clamping frame 4020 4025 and 4031 series only. 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. Use this port to flush the drain with distilled vinegar.

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 cover and inspect the drain. Open the cap and let the buildup drain out. How to clean a continuous floor drain.

This serves as a func tional safe flush with floor cleanout during period prior to carpet installation. This ingenious adapter glues directly into abs pipe using the black abs adapter or glues directly into pvc pipe using the white pvc adapter. A clogged floor drain can leave water standing in. A screw attaches some floor drains so use the screwdriver to remove them.

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. In some instances the clean out fitting will be flush mounted in the floor but it may also be a raised stub out pipe. Adjustable cleanout assembly is installed with nickel bronze frame and secured cover flush with concrete slab fig.

Waste water may drain out when you open the cleanout and when you break the clog. Stand clear as you remove the plug and as you work on the clog. Complete the cleaning by flushing the pipe with. If you don t like the odor you can use peroxide to gently bubble away the remaining debris.

Any waste that the clog has caused to build up will come spilling out of the main line drain. 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. 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. Remove the plug with an adjustable wrench.

Look behind bushes or in a metal or plastic box recessed into the ground. The main clean out fitting is usually a large diameter pipe with a threaded plug in the top. Alternately you can use hot water and a drop of dish liquid. In most cases the main clean out will be located at some point along this line from floor drain to street.

Allow the solution to sit for 30 minutes.