How To Install P Trap In Concrete Floor

For proper drainage the drainpipe should fall at the rate of 1 4 inch per lineal foot.

How to install p trap in concrete floor.

Our prior videos showed how to prep and self level the concrete floor which made this instal. The floor drains in older homes were piped in almost all cases with a simple p trap just like you might find under your bathroom sink. If you want to install a shower over a concrete floor a fiberglass shower stall will work just fine. This means that if the floor drain is 4 feet away from the shower drain the end of the pipe where it meets the floor drain must be 1 inch lower than where the pipe connects to the p trap.

The u shaped pipe under the drain created a water seal but. Otherwise you have to break through the concrete to run a new line for a shower stall installation.