Garage Floor Drain Oil Separator

That s a contraption for lack of a better word that prevents oil that might wash away from vehicles from getting into the ground.

Garage floor drain oil separator.

Interceptors direct stocks five 5 sd combination floor drain separators. Some people worry about oil getting into the floor drains and causing pollution of the ecosystem. I built my own oil water separator for the drain in my garage. They are all manufactured by rockford separators and constructed using an all welded low carbon steel design.

Instead it s trapped and when enough has accumulated can be cleaned out. I maintain this is a rare. The smallest unit has a 12 pound greasy sludge capacity and a 3 5 gallon liquid holding capacity. Scoop out heavy sludge from bottom of unit.

Some people worry about oil getting into the floor drains and causing pollution of the ecosystem. The largest unit has a greasy sludge capacity of 193 pounds and liquid holding capacity of 55 gallons. Applications rockford oil separators are designed to receive directly from plant equipment or floor drains various kinds of oils gasoline kerosene naphtha benzene other volatile liquid waste and sludge. Quite a few subscribers were wondering where the drain water goes from the garage and if i had installed an oil separator.

Because the drain was in the floor of a garage space it needed an oil water separator. Before buying the drain parts i did some research. Remove the inlet grate. The pipe drains to the ground outside about 40 feet from the garage door.

Lift out v shaped filter screen and u shaped separator screen. That is a valid concern if you have a massive oil spill in a garage. Remove sediment and mud pan and clean it. I maintain this is a rare.

I didn t install an oil separator and it s not required by the code.