Floor drain or not?

[biggziff]

floor drains...I think I want one near the middle of the 26 X 36 floor. Planning guy says no problem just has to be daylighted. Builder keeps saying no problem, but then says things like "your floor won't be level due to the pitch, we see cracks around a floor drain happen sometimes, maybe you'd like a trench drain in front of the garage to squeegee water into, etc. It has me rethinking the floor drain, but I do use the one in my other garage a fair bit. Is there a general consensus on this?

Pros/cons?

Thanks

 

[APEowner]

A location and description of what you plan on using the garage for would be helpful.

 

[biggziff]

A location and description of what you plan on using the garage for would be helpful.

Upstate NY (snowy, cold winter)

Daily parking for my pickup, motorcycle business shop, storage for my stuff, 4 post lift for my personal needs.

Thanks

 

[Richard Cranium]

floor drains are nice, and you say you use your other one a lot, go for it, It is your garage.

 

[biggziff]

floor drains are nice, and you say you use your other one a lot, go for it, It is your garage.

That's what I had settled on, but the concrete guy has me wondering if there are reasons to not do it or is it just that he doesn't want to do the work.

 

[jkuro]

If installed correctly it should not crack. Yes the floor will not be level, the water needs to get to the drain.

 

[seanc_mt]

Yes put a 33 foot drain in my 33X80. Make sure they put a ton of rebar around the corners of the drain. will help with cracking.

 

[Toomanytools?]

Might check codes, if this is a DIY shop or business concerns are putting oil, gas or other chemicals in a drain.

 

[APEowner]

You mixed use shop makes it hard to make a recommendation. I hate having a drain in a working shop because the floor has to slope towards it and anything you drop rolls into it. On the other hand parking your daily driver in a heated building in an upstate NY winter means that you're really going to either need one or plan on doing a lot of squeegeeing.

Can you put a drain in one bay that's used primarily for parking?

 

[TractorJeff]

I'm thinking the one bay drain also, but only because my neighbor mentioned his works well. One thing I have noticed is they tend to stink if you don't keep them clean.

 

[Buckgnarly]

If I wanted to run a business out of my garage I could not put a drain in... residential yes, but not allowed in commercial here...VT.

 

[polizei1]

I skipped the drain, main reason being that I wanted the floor as flat as possible. If I was building a dedicated wash bay, or a separated area, then I would.