Toilet Floor Drain Trap

Self sealing traps for floor drains.

Toilet floor drain trap.

Self sealing plumbing traps interceptors containing check valves are available and are suited for floor drains. Once you flush the toilet the siphoning action effectively sucks out all the waste. When water goes down the drain the water in the elbow flows down the pipe and is replaced by new water entering the drain. The drain in the toilet bowl is basically a p trap.

Rectorseal sureseal 4 in. The drain in the ceramic bowl is molded in the shape of an s trap. Connecting a trap to a vertical drain with a wye fitting and a 45 degree elbow seems like a good idea. The p trap creates a water barrier that prevents odors from venting up the pipe into the restroom through the drain.

Sioux chief finishline 3 in. The modern toilet works exactly on this s trap principle. This feature is simply an elbow in the drain pipe that fills with water. To see availability for this product personlog in or get online access.

If water on the floor needs to escape it can flow out of the trapped floor drain but the trap contains a mechanical seal which prevents sewer gas backups even if the floor drain trap is dry. And the empty trap will allow sewer gas to flow into your home. In addition to the p trap good floor drains will also have a trap primer. And since the water in the toilet is dropping and gurgling it s likely that the problem is near that area.

Sometimes the screw off tops were chrome plated and left exposed in the tile floor so you could open the trap and clean it out. Adjustable 6 1 2 in. If the problem just started it s probably a blocked drain or plumbing vent pipe that needs to be snaked out. In line floor drain trap seal.