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Western Middle TN | The plan is to build my shop before next fall. I was at the farm machinery show yesterday and stop by the "U" drain booth. I like the concept, is anyone using this in their shop? Any reviews?
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Northeast Nebraska | I have the "residential" in my garage. Residential has a 1/2" gap on top, while the commercial has a 1" gap on top.
If I did it over again I would put the commercial in my garage. The 1/2" gap is easy to overshoot with water when you squeegee. Otherwise I have no complaints. Its a good product.
I'm planning to use it again in my farm shop when I pour concrete this summer. |
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North Central Indiana | Fourth winter with udrain and would do it all over again.
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NE Alberta | U drain looks good, but I am just wondering how you clean the mud out that will eventually build up inside the drains? |
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Southern Alberta Canada | Or if you drop something in there...
Gotta be hell on creeper wheels. |
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Central ND | I looked at them at a farm show the other day, they have a fitting on the end to hook a water hose to to flush the debris to the sump and also offer a scraper for cleaning them but I also wondered about dropping tools in there? Maybe a magnet if you know exactly where it fell? |
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Vermont, IL | Great looking floor! Very neat. |
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North of Iowa | U Drain doesn't work the best if your washing heavy manure or mud. But for my use it works great, not hard to retrieve a nut with a magnet. And if a job requires , I just tape off the opening. Would use it again definitely. |
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NW in. | What can you use to put in a floor that is already poured. I would like to put something in my garage
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Central ND | I would say you are out of luck without sawing out some concrete and I don't see that having satisfactory results........ |
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| In my opinion its the best drain out there, have the commercial version in our shop, creepers and tool boxes roll across no problem. Cleaning out is not a issue at all, they have a scraper to use or just use a garden hose to flush gunk to the sump. We have the sump in the center going to the oil separater then to the sewer from there. The ease and simplicity of setting this up vs the man hrs forming a homemade version makes it a no brainer. Would definitely use again in the future without a doubt. |
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provost, AB | Farmer here put up a shop in the fall. Finished inside overwinter. Priced them U troughs out and was pretty hefty. Think it was $4800 for 60 ft of it. He went to local steel place and got one made out of stainless steel for a quarter the price. Top lip was 5.5" wide x 1.5"deep. Trough was tapered 4-6" deep for water to drain to sump. Tapered into the sump pit that's 2'x2'x 4' deep. Has a water drain that goes outside by gravity about halfway up the sump. Wasn't sure how he was going to cover the opening. Either going to use wood or 1' square tubing with steel plate on top. Build them in 4ft lengths. |
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Southern Ab | Would you have the name of the steel supplier? I'm thinking if they still have the drawings they could whip up another set. |
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Southwest Illinois | I saw that and it looks well built but it is only really good for water kind of like deck drains around a pool. If you are putting in a floor drain you will someday wash something and you will want to clean your drain out. I can't see how you could do that with that type of drain. We used the following type of pre sloped drain and we really like it and it will take any abuse a farm will throw at it.
http://www.acodrain.us/ |
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central - east central Minnesota - | Lookingglass - 2/18/2017 11:35 I saw that and it looks well built but it is only really good for water kind of like deck drains around a pool. If you are putting in a floor drain you will someday wash something and you will want to clean your drain out. I can't see how you could do that with that type of drain. We used the following type of pre sloped drain and we really like it and it will take any abuse a farm will throw at it. http://www.acodrain.us/ I'm still stumped as to how to clean them. . . . I'll have to do a YouTube and see ?
The drain at the Twp gets cleaned out twice a winter and once in the summer, from all the sand/salt that gets dragged in on machinery/trucks and floor washed. Most of the sand/salt is cleaned off the equipment, as well as can be, outside. It's in the snow melt and dragged in on the tires. So, if you had to clean the drains 2 to 3 times a year - is that the cat's meow for floor drains?
It only takes a few minutes to pop off the stuck grates in the concrete formed floor drain now . . . . so the price difference has to offer something more then a neat narrow slit for drain? |
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St.Clair Co. IL. | how would that work for a outside drive?
I have a 10' apron in front of my garage, slops away from garage, want to extend it another 10' and start to slop the other way, sort of a low area that's why I want to slop going up next, was wanting to put some sort of drain against the old and new slabs and will be easy to drain away from garage, but was concerned about leaves and rocks from tires and just crap getting into it, what would work here and how about keeping it clean. How wide should the top be and covered with what?
didn't mean to hijack but it's something I have been kicking around for awhile.
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Bob |
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East Central Ia | This is how you clean them.
Drop the paddle into the slot, turn and drag the stuff to the sump.
There is a nozzle at the end hooked to water. Turn on the water and drag everything to the sump.
Creepers and wheels roll right over it. I just use a magnet ir long handled pliers to get thing out of it. But its really not an issue.
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | Don't do it this way. (it's funny) only 17 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQszIXsw3Q |
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Central ND | We use the ACO drain as well, awesome product |
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Redickville, Ont | Ya I was there yesterday too and $100 ft plus you catch basin. Have shed not cement yet 60x120 I think I'm going to put it in look great but yes $$. |
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Coldwater, Michigan | ....... |
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East Central Ia | All you want to go down the drain is the water.
I like it with slop as you can pile the slope by or over the drain and the water finds it way into the drain. Then i scoop up whats left into the skid loader bucket and go dump it outside.
I have scraped my u drain out 2-3 times and i have not cleaned out my sump yet... it probably needs to be done but it hasnt plugged lol.
I think i built my shop in 2013? Wow i cant even remember... |
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| We did 65 ft with 2 sumps for 3800.00 You need to work the dealer over a little bit. |
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central - east central Minnesota - | Thanks, I understand better now . . . . |
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Manitoba, Canada | pretty easy to keep clean, after washing a couple things just run down it with the pressure washer wand right down into it. |
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"U" Drain shop floor drains
