Has anyone ever heard of having a floor drain in an upstairs bathroom?

I have seen them in dormatories and hotels but not homes, Why, do you have one?

No. We are thinking of adding an upstairs bathroom and my husband asked me what I thought about having one.

Most floor with drains all slope in toward the drain, no flat floor. What does your husband think about that? Why would you consider this, kids?

I think that's exactly what he wants for there to be no flat floor. Yes we have two small boys. That and we had an incident this week where the washer spilled water onto the basement floor and since he also wants a laundry room upstairs, I think he doesn't want the same thing to happen in the bathroom we haven't even started creating yet.

So he is also thinking of putting the washer in this batroom?

Yes. I think stackables not full size ones which we already have. So the new bathroom would have a shower stall, stackable washer and dryer, sink and toilet. We are having an estimate done on Friday.

Make sure the floor drain is in the bid, that may keep the question from coming up again. If he goes ahead with this you will surely be the only one on the block, maybe the state with a floor drin. This will detract from resale value as being too customized. Good luck, get 3 bids.

Although it's not common I've put in
2nd. Floor washer stations. A option to the floor drain would be to install a washer pan and 3/$ PVC drain line. In my opinion a floor drain would make your bathroom look too commercial, but that's just my opinion. Good luck, Tom

I have done it too Tom but it just seems silly when they are already concerned about the washer over flowing in the basement. I'd just leave that darn thing down there and save the $$$

If they do install a washing machine upstairs a better approach to preventing catastrophe will be to install a washing machine pan AND a floodstop automatic shutoff system (approx. $150.00).

Here, a sensor is placed inside the washing machine pan and if the sensor senses water from anything... overflow, burst hose, internal machine leaks, etc..,. then it sends a signal to the automatic ball valve shut offs on the washing machine water lines. Great setup really! Check it out @

InLine Floodstop for Washer Spigots with Downward Hose Bibs

Finally, if a floor drain is installed at the 2nd floor, it must have a TRAP PRIMER installed to prevent the trap from drying out and allowing sewer gasses into the home!

Questions? Let me know, OK?

Mark