Garage Floor Drain Oil Separator

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

Garage floor drain oil separator.

The largest unit has a greasy sludge capacity of 193 pounds and liquid holding capacity of 55 gallons. That s a valid concern if you have a massive oil spill in a garage. That s a contraption for lack of a better word that prevents oil that might wash away from vehicles from getting into the ground. Remove the inlet grate.

I built my own oil water separator for the drain in my garage. 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. Because the drain was in the floor of a garage space it needed an oil water separator. They retain this harmful waste matter and prevent its entry into the drainage system providing triple advantages.

I didn t install an oil separator and it s not required by the code. The smallest unit has a 12 pound greasy sludge capacity and a 3 5 gallon liquid holding capacity. Instead it s trapped and when enough has accumulated can be cleaned out. They are all manufactured by rockford separators and constructed using an all welded low carbon steel design.

Interceptors direct stocks five 5 sd combination floor drain separators. I maintain this is a rare. Before buying the drain parts i did some research. Scoop out heavy sludge from bottom of unit.

Lift out v shaped filter screen and u shaped separator screen. Replace u screen sediment and mud pan and inlet grate. I maintain this is a rare. Some people worry about oil getting into the floor drains and causing pollution of the ecosystem.

That is a valid concern if you have a massive oil spill in a garage.