Several Ways To Correctly Install The Floor Drain

When we decorate a new house, we usually install floor drains in the three areas of the bathroom, balcony, and kitchen. How to install the floor drain, if you are a newcomer, you must have no way to start. It seems simple, but there is nothing wrong with it. Let's take a look today: how to install the floor drain, and several methods of correctly installing the floor drain.

 

How to install the floor drain.
1. Before installing the floor drain, the props must be prepared: screwdriver, small hammer, chisel, cement, towel, of course the floor drain must be indispensable.
2. Specially check the drainage pipes in the lower room to see if they are blocked. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome to find that the floor drain is blocked after installing it.
3. The floor drain must also be complete and able to be used normally: the core of the floor drain must be able to open and close normally, and the sealing must be good.
4. Clean the pipe: first flush the inside of the pipe with water, then take the prepared towel to plug the pipe mouth tightly, clean the surrounding area, and then remove the cloth. Be careful to ensure that no foreign matter remains inside.
5. Apply cement near the drain of the pipe, and then apply enough cement on the back of the floor drain, so as to ensure that the floor drain and the drain are tightly combined.
6. The last step is to smear enough glass glue near the mouth of the drain pipe, and put the floor drain sleeve into the drain pipe. After installation, don't forget to clean up the garbage near the floor drain.

 

Several ways to correctly install the floor drain

 

The first method: diagonal cutting method
If the installation position of the floor drain is in the center of the tile, then the tile needs to be cut along the diagonal to obtain 4 fast equilateral triangles. When pasting, a certain inclination angle needs to be created, and then the floor drain is placed on the front of the tile. central.

 

The second method: four-sided cutting method

No matter what position the floor drain is in, it can be installed in this way: center the floor drain in a square area with a side length of about 12cm, and then make diagonal lines in this area. When laying tiles, be sure to Make a gentle slope so that the water flows into the floor drain. This installation method does not look good, but it is very practical.

 

The third type: cross paving.
The installation method is to use the floor drain as the center point for paving. This method can be said to be better. It cannot keep the integrity of the floor tiles, and it looks very beautiful from the outside. Of course, there is still a slope that should be there.

 

The fourth type: edge interruption
This method is suitable for the situation where the floor drain is located on the edge of the wall. In the short area closest to the wall, the floor tiles are pasted in a straight line, and it is only necessary to reserve the position of the floor drain in the middle of the tiles.