The floor drain must be fully capable of removing water from the surrounding floor space which is usually a basement or garage floor.
How to replace a basement floor drain cover.
A basement floor drain cover prevents items that may clog the drain from entering it including lint wet paper or hair in gray water discharged from a washing machine.
Dealing with the floor drain cover isn t a task you have to do every day.
Basement floor drain covers sometimes rust.
When the time arrives that you must remove the cover to clean out or maintain the drain a rusted cover can pose a challenge.
Because it doesn t require daily attention your floor drain cover can become rusted without you even noticing.
Replacing a floor drain is not a very difficult project to complete.
Over time basement drain covers may become frozen in place with rust.
Removing the rusted drain cover may seem daunting because there is nothing to grab onto or to pry off with a tool.