Are there any actual plumbers here?

[DanConnor]

As opposed to "reef" plumbers. :-)

I am taking out the fixtures in a downstairs bathroom so I can use it as a sump room for the reef that will be upstairs on the main floor (its sort of a raised ranch). I removed the toilet, and would like to replace it with a floor drain. The line is cast iron and just runs straight down into the slab where it joins other drain lines. Is there some kind of "internal trap" I can place in the line under a drain grate? Don't want the stank in my pad.

I've looked online but I must not be using the right search terms...

 

[Leland Foley]

I'm a plumber. You can install a floor sink in its place. You'll need to take up some of the concrete to install it, and it would be better if a plumber did it for you. You could also have a sealed sump pump container that sits on the floor, and pumps the waste water up and into one of your existing drain stacks.

-Leland

 

[patrick]

Im also a plumber. Your going to need to break up concrete and add a trap. Floor sink or floor drain still need a trap.

 

[DanConnor]

Thanks guys! Hmmm... I thought some clever person would have concocted an "in-line" one. The drain would be nice, but I also was interested in the waste line as a place to discharge a gravity-feed water change system. I guess I can just open the cap, water change, and then close the cap.

 

[patrick]

There is a company called Sure Seal. Check out their product sure seal plus. It may work for you. However me being a Plumber its not the right way to do it lol;)

 

[DanConnor]

Ahah! I knew it had to exist. Thank you patrick

 

[Aussie paul]

You can get spring loaded one-way waste valves that open with the weight of the water and spring shut to stop the stink