Adding a floor drain to a flat finished garage

[fordbroncodave]

We run into a problem every year of standing water on the garage floor throughout winter and early spring from bringing vehicles in and working on them. the snow melts off and falls on the floor and has no direction to flow to.

We want to add a drain to the garage floor somehow so the water will flow to it and escape.

the current concrete floor has no pitch in any direction so water will stand still.

any thoughts or ideas?

I was thinking about cutting a 8" channel length wise in the floor and pitch it to an outside wall and drain onto the driveway.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Most cities/townships/counties do NOT allow garage drain to empty directly to "daylight" or to connect to a municipal sewer system unless there ii is through a grease/oil separator which are not cheap.

You can always just cut in a trench drain 4-6" deep. line it with concrete and not let it go anywhere. The water will eventually evaporate.

 

[Bondo]

We run into a problem every year of standing water on the garage floor throughout winter and early spring from bringing vehicles in and working on them. the snow melts off and falls on the floor and has no direction to flow to.

We want to add a drain to the garage floor somehow so the water will flow to it and escape.

the current concrete floor has no pitch in any direction so water will stand still.

any thoughts or ideas?

I was thinking about cutting a 8" channel length wise in the floor and pitch it to an outside wall and drain onto the driveway.

Ayuh,... Without replacin' the entire floor, a drain ain't gonna fix that,....

'n as noted, Garage drains are illegal in most places, without a grease/ oil trap....

Get yersef a floor squeegee, 'n push the water to the door,...

 

[fordbroncodave]

Most cities/townships/counties do NOT allow garage drain to empty directly to "daylight" or to connect to a municipal sewer system unless there ii is through a grease/oil separator which are not cheap.

You can always just cut in a trench drain 4-6" deep. line it with concrete and not let it go anywhere. The water will eventually evaporate.

yah something like that trench would work. squeege it to the trench is good enough, its just that in the winter snow piles up outside and pushing water out of the garage only makes it worse for the next time and the next and the next.