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 catstim
May 13, 2012, 08:11 AM
I have 4 basement floor drains on a septic system and want to install a small kitchen sink beside one of the drains. Well you know the question (can I use the floordrain for the kitchen sink, I assume my floor drains each have traps and if I put the sink in and a additional trap giving it a double trap would make it better for any future problems if this is possible.
Thank you
 speedball1
May 13, 2012, 11:41 AM
f I put the sink in and a additional trap giving it a double trap would make it better for any future problems if this is possible.Double traps are ileagal.  Your floor drain already has a trap,  What you 're pro[posing is called an indirect waste and it's done all the time.  My only question is why a kitchen sink.  Do you plan on cooking down there?  If it  were my call I'd install a utility sink.  Good luck,  Tom
 catstim
May 13, 2012, 10:29 PM
Well my daughter moved back in and I have put in a stove and fridge down there. It is finished with a bath and toilet already at one end of the basement, a washer dryer very close to where she wants to put this sink as I already have installed kitchen cabinets. So the last thing is to put in the sink to make it look the part. So if I do this with the floor drain just don't put any trap in? Make it a driect line to the floor drain, was planning on cementing 1 1/2" pvc direct to the drain.
 speedball1
May 14, 2012, 06:38 AM
Will a permit be pulled?  You terminate the PVC Three or four inched over the floor drain.  This is what makes the waste indirect.  No garbage disposal or dishwasher.  Good luck,  Tom