jakepower

Thanks for all the input. I think tying into the sewar line won't work as there is no room to raise the mud room and just not enough slope. I will probably drain into the gravel, but i'll hide the drain .... if the family sees it, you know stuff is going down it. Really just for emergency.

Thanks everyone

notmrjohn

Hokay.
Use black lava rock instead of gravel, build solar collecting green house on top, Water evaporates, condenses in wind cooled stack, runs back to mud room. Perpetual motion.

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Wuzzat?

If the drain doesn't back up in a record-breaking rainstorm or there is no foundation damage after X years, I guess you got away with it.

nealtw

How much water could someone expect to run down the floor drain in a mud room?

notmrjohn

How much mud would a mud room run, if a mud room would run mud?
I dunno how much water, depends I'd guess on how much mud you were rinsing off. you'd probably wanta run a couple of gallons down line after rinse to flush sediment on out. And I'd think you wouldn't wanta go over a 3" line, to keep enough water running fast enough to carry it on out.

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nealtw

I thought a mud room, most time was for wet shoes and clothes with an easy clean floor like tile. Havn't seen any with a hose for rinsing mud down a floor drain. When I come home with muddy boots I rinse them off at the outside tap by the back door. I would think I am putting the same amount of water and mud around the foundation of the house as any floor drain would.

notmrjohn

neal, rich folks have indoor plumbing now. Running water and drains and stuff. I hear some even have the toilets right in the house instead of in another building down wind. I know it sounds disgusting, but they do it anyway.

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nealtw

If you don't have to walk down the muddy path to the outhouse, what do you need a mudroom for?

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"sarcastic  [sahr-kas-tik] Show IPA
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty, mocking in speech
Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, mean, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming
Notes: sarcastic means 'derisive, tauntingly contemptuous,' while sardonic means 'bitterly scornful, cynically disdainful'"

Tsk, tsk, tsk. . .

nealtw

Ironic, isn't it?