garage floor drain

[larryz]

What is the best method to ensure the pipe does not freeze up. Do you keep the outlet end covered below the soil? I uncovered mine to disperse

the water quicker but now it always freezes up.

Thanks

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Wish I had one in my garage. It is against code lots of places. Sorry I can't answer your question.

[Redlantern]

First off, don't put a p-trap under the drain, it'll freeze and break. Is this going to daylight? If so, you can run some heat tape through it to keep it from freezing. This won't help the water from freezing on the ground below it, though.

[larryz]

I am not sure if there is a p-trap but there might be. I can not get the drain cover off easily, it seems to be concreted in. The garage is heated to 59 deg with in floor hot water radiant heat. Yes it is going to daylight at this time. It was sodded over the first winter we lived here but I dug it out thinking it would drain easier but then the freezing problem started. The ground slopes away from the outlet.

[Redlantern]

Didn't realize the floor is heated. That will help but the discharge area is still going to be a problem for freezing even if you put heat tape in it. Possibley going with a french drain system but since you have radiant heat in the slab, cutting it up is not a very good idea.

[GSB Ice Man]

If you are not contaminating the soil with anything, I would personally dig the pipe lower and run into a barrel, 20-30 gal. Make sure you put foam insulation around it and that should help a ton.

My first garage drain was daylighted, but I had the freezing problem untill I bueed everything.