Basement floor drains.

[Lawdwaz]

Like doc (and maybe others have mentioned.....) a good, no GREAT home inspector should be able to scope things out for you.

[stubby68]

I use to do basement water proofing. From Rochester to Buffalo and Olean and parts in between. Older and newer houses. We would cut the floor about 2 foot from the wall. Dig everything out to 18 inches or more. Fill in with number 2 stone and drain pipe. Then concrete.  Sometimes the home owner would want a drain in center of floor. Same thing cut dig fill. Drain would connect with drain pipe along wall. That pipe would go into a hole with a drain barrel and sump pump in it. Sometimes they were ran under wall and out side to a gravel  drain bed. Usually put them in for drainage for just in case needs. 

[Moho81]

Like most have already said most of the time that drain either goes to the storm sewer or to an outside location. There are some rare time's that the line is hooked up to the sanitary sewer which I am not a fan of as it can cause issues with sewage back-ups but it would not deter me from purchasing a home as issues are rare. 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

1 hour ago, Moho81 said:

 There are some rare time's that the line is hooked up to the sanitary sewer which I am not a fan of as it can cause issues with sewage back-ups but it would not deter me from purchasing a home as issues are rare. 

I can't think of one justification to ever connect to a septic system. Most seem to go out the wall above slab and aren't deep enough to connect a floor drain to them without assistance from a pump. I didn't read the OP post any pumps and didn't ask if he noticed the through wall pipe for the house main line. 

[Moho81]

I can't think of one justification to ever connect to a septic system. Most seem to go out the wall above slab and aren't deep enough to connect a floor drain to them without assistance from a pump. I didn't read the OP post any pumps and didn't ask if he noticed the through wall pipe for the house main line. 

Agreed but unfortunately it's been done before mostly on older homes. Now I'm not even sure your allowed to connect a basement floor drain to the sewer by code. I know my old house basement had laundry and a wash tub with no booster pump so the sanitary line at the street must have been very deep.


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[Culvercreek hunt club]

41 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

Agreed but unfortunately it's been done before mostly on older homes. Now I'm not even sure your allowed to connect a basement floor drain to the sewer by code. I know my old house basement had laundry and a wash tub with no booster pump so the sanitary line at the street must have been very deep.


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The laundry and wash tub makes sense. Grey water. Floor drains with the possibility of chemicals, like boiler condensate drains and suck are directed to the sewer becasue of treatment requirements. I totally agree, Old homes are a complete wild card.