Health department officials quickly identified bathroom
floor drains as the problem.
Before you buy a backwater valve, remove your
floor drain cover to see if there's already one in place.
"They stated that our interpretation of the code's applicability to
floor drains and mop sinks was beyond their intent when the code was rewritten and put in effect in March 2005," Mr.
But if you have a shower that's been abandoned since the kids moved out or a
floor drain that never gets used, the water in the trap can eventually evaporate.
"If you have been negligent in not complying with the exiting codes and ordinances, and you have a leak or a spill, and this product should find its way into a
floor drain or into the sewer system, now you are faced with fines up to $25,000 a day, plus all the costs of clean-up."
As many of us have discovered the hard way, a clog in the underfloor drain system often results in wastewater backing up onto the floor through the
floor drain. To prevent this backup, many
floor drains are fitted with an insertable backflow preventer that allows water down but not up.
The Building Depatment also needs to be notified that a compactor is going to be installed in a legal refuse room with sprinklers, a
floor drain, hose bib, a fire rating of three hours, and proper electrical and plumbing work.
C) and the trap of a
floor drain is hidden below the floor.
Floor drains in the facility were sampled about every month to determine at what point the plant would become colonized with the bacteria.
