Garage Floor Drain Trough
Trench drain from zurn is specifically designed for internal and external applications various grates with lockdowns and integral rebar clips.
Garage floor drain trough. There are two main types of garage floor drains. Square drains usually use pvc pipe for residential and steel for commercial purposes. The drain also allows you to wash your garage floor without the cleaning mixture collecting on the floor or spilling onto your driveway and leaving behind dirty residue. Channel drains also called trench drains are long narrow drains used for surface drainage of hardscapes.
Retrofitting garage floor trench drains. Trench and square or round. Channel drains collect and convey water to drain pipes which carry the water downstream to discharge with a pop up emitter or to percolate into the ground with a dry well or infiltration trench. Trench drains come in sections.
Trench drains are a lot more expensive than a simple square floor drain and will take longer to install but they are really nice for controlling any water that gets on the garage floor. Residential building codes specify the slope of a new garage floor to ensure that water drains out and away from the garage. Square drains also sometimes round drains can range in size from 6 inches to 1 foot around.