My home has a sump pump running to a floor drain. While no longer strictly legal in my city, this arrangement has been in place for many years and there isn't a convenient way to get the water outside. The sump doesn't run enough to warrant grave concerns.
The drain is a bit unique, though. It has a 1-1/2" opening all the way up, without the usual collection bowl. It looks similar to this. The sump drain line nearly fills it by itself. I'm not sure what's below the surface of the opening or the concrete slab.
I'd like to securely attach the sump drain and softener discharge lines to the floor drain, while still allowing the floor-level furnace condensate line (which requires an air gap) to drain effectively.
The furnace condensate line does not have a pump. It relies on gravity alone.
Is this feasible? How would you do it?
Best Answer
If it is, perhaps you can discharge them there into the sump pump pipe itself, or BETTER snake another pipe down inside that pipe to the drain.
You may have to get creative drilling a hole into the end cap so the smaller pipe is a tight fit and glue it together so it is water tight.
You do not have to go all the way with the concentric pipe though if there is a decent slope on the existing pipe, but since the outlet is so close to the top of the floor drain, I doubt there is.