In remodeling can a drain be added to a solid concrete floor so it will drain outside?

Question

Have a large room we want to make into an inside kennel room however the floor is solid concrete. Is it possible to install a drain for hosing down the floor? How would you run it under the concrete without tearing up the whole room?

Answer 1

There's a saying in the building trade in the U.K. "Doing the imposable takes a little time, miracles take a bit longer". Its all a question of time and money! the quickest most practical and most sensible way is to channel out the floor, Your floor is interior, there for it is probably level, if so and you put a drain in it the floor will have to be skimmed and resealed with water proofing so that the water runs to the drain and out and doesn't puddle or gather, you would need a tiled or concrete skirting's to stop damp going up the walls, cutting a narrow trench is the easy part, the least of your problem , you have got to consider ventilation and your electrics, water and switches don't mix, but if you have the money a builder could find the time
Good Luck.

Answer 2

you need to use a jackhammer or a wet saw and cut out a ditch in the floor, put in the plumbing and then patch the ditch with new concrete.

Answer 3

the final element i could put in a basement or bathing room is timber. timber does not take moisture nicely in any respect and absorbs moisture even in the air. Concrete is the terrific place for ceramic it somewhat is why while it somewhat is a timber floor they positioned concrete backer boards down. i could sugest caramic, vinyl or the extra moderen %flooring made by way of balta it somewhat is obtainable in alot of varieties and strikes only like a laminate floor.

Answer 4

Yes, you would need to drill/cut the concrete and install it. then patch the concrete if you cut it.

Answer 5

.... AND FIND EXISTING PLUMBING, & HOOK UP... THEN PATCH! - NOT AS HARD AS IT SOUNDS!