Building Hardware Resource

First enjoy a flashback to Prison Break!

Michael’s looking mighty calm. He slides down a pipe and ends up in a vertical drain shaft. He looks up and sees a grate waaay above him. After ripping apart his snazzy suit and pulling out a long-ass rope and garbage bag, he stuffs his suit in the bag and ties one end of the rope to the bag. He then wedges it in a drain, between the wall and floor.

While in the infirmary, Michael’s alone and uses the time to break through the floor beneath the floor drain which he kept pouring corrosive chemicals down. He tosses another swan through the grate and it flows in the drains line coolly…

In Michael’s Great Escape plan, numerous tense scenes are between drains and floor drains.

Many buildings including prisons have floor trench systems, floor drains, or wash and service bay areas that allow liquids to drain away.

Among them, floor drains are collection points which remove wash water and other liquid wastes from a work area and carry them away through pipes or ditches for disposal. They are usually round, but can also be square or rectangular. They usually range from 2 inches to 12 inches, most are 4 inches in diameter, with gratings that are

made of metal or plastic. The floor around the drain is also sloped to allow the water to flow to the drain.

  Most residential basements have one or more floor drains, usually near the water heater or washer/dryer.