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Floor sink drain installation.
The floor drain will be connected to your storm sewer.
Apply firm pressure all around the top of the flange to seat it securely in its bed of putty.
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If you are in an older home where they are shared you could do it but you will have to excavate the floor and make the connection sub slab with rigid connections and not flexible hose or pipe.
If you were to terminate an in direct waste to an open site drain that was also used as a floor drain that drain could easily become clogged with dirt and trash.
Make sure the drain is perfectly flush with the bottom surface of the sink before you continue.
A sink needs to be connected to your sanitary sewer.
To install a kitchen sink drain you ll need a drain assembly kit that fits your sink pliers a basket wrench plumber s putty and a brass tailpiece to attach the basket strainer to the main drainpipe.
Set the new drain into place inside the sink basin.
Insert the bottom of the drain into the open drain hole.
You ll need to disconnect the drain pipe and remove the existing strainer if you haven t already.