Garage Floor Drain Oil Separator

The largest unit has a greasy sludge capacity of 193 pounds and liquid holding capacity of 55 gallons.

Garage floor drain oil separator.

I built my own oil water separator for the drain in my garage. Some people worry about oil getting into the floor drains and causing pollution of the ecosystem. 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. Lift out v shaped filter screen and u shaped separator screen. Some people worry about oil getting into the floor drains and causing pollution of the ecosystem. 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. Replace u screen sediment and mud pan and inlet grate. That is a valid concern if you have a massive oil spill in a garage. Quite a few subscribers were wondering where the drain water goes from the garage and if i had installed an oil separator.

That s a valid concern if you have a massive oil spill in a garage. They retain this harmful waste matter and prevent its entry into the drainage system providing triple advantages. Instead it s trapped and when enough has accumulated can be cleaned out. That s a contraption for lack of a better word that prevents oil that might wash away from vehicles from getting into the ground.

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. Interceptors direct stocks five 5 sd combination floor drain separators. They are all manufactured by rockford separators and constructed using an all welded low carbon steel design. I didn t install an oil separator and it s not required by the code.

The pipe drains to the ground outside about 40 feet from the garage door.