floor drain or scupper

[Hunneberg]

Hello!
I have a space where I'm planning to build a sauna and have prepared it with a pipe to drain water, for example when rinsing the sauna, and also for water runoff when throwing water.
The space will be insulated but will usually stay cold.
The pipe goes straight out into the ground in crushed stone and comes up in the sauna.
The question is whether I should have a floor drain or a gully?
Floor drain - risk of the trap freezing and breaking?
Gully - risk of odor?

(I know the best would probably be to connect the pipe to another stormwater system but that's almost impossible where it is)

 

[Dede77]

If it just goes out into the ground, then the risk of odor should be quite small. Just make sure not to get pests through the pipe.

 

[fribygg]

You don't have to choose between a floor drain or getting some expensive special spygatt for sauna use.
Buy a regular Purus Brage and remove the water trap during the winter months if you absolutely need to have a tightly insulated floor.

Even better is if you rethink completely and build a sparse deck floor.

 

[nb.]

Hello!
I have a space where I'm planning to build a sauna and I have prepared it with a pipe to drain water in case I, for example, rinse off the sauna, and also for any water that spills when throwing water.
The space will be insulated but will often remain cold.
The pipe just goes straight out into the ground through crushed stone and comes up into the sauna.
The question is whether I should have a floor drain or a gulley trap?
Gulley trap - risk of odor?
Floor drain - risk of the water trap freezing and breaking?

(I know the best option would probably be to connect the pipe to another stormwater system but it's almost impossible where it is)

There are mechanical water traps with a spring that don't dry out. In a Purus drain, an existing water trap can be replaced with one of these, costing around five hundred.
In the boiler room, I installed a Purus stainless steel floor drain with a mechanical water trap. Works fine.

 

[fribygg]

There are mechanical water traps with springs that don't dry out. In a purus-drain, the existing water trap can be replaced with one of those, costs about five hundred.

Is there really any advantage to having one in an unheated space that risks freezing during wintertime??

 

[datja]

Hello!
I have a space where I plan to build a sauna and where I have prepared with a pipe to be able to drain water if, for example, you rinse off the sauna, and also water that flows if you throw water.
The space will be insulated but will often remain cold.
The pipe just goes straight out into the ground in gravel and comes up in the sauna.
The question is whether you should have a spygatt or floor drain?
Spygatt - risk of odor?
Floor drain - risk of the water trap freezing and breaking?

(I know that the best would surely have been to connect the pipe to other stormwater but that's almost impossible where it is)

You have a water trap to stop foul-smelling gases from the sewage system. Can't you just have a hole in the floor, or a slatted floor?

 

[Intet]

if you throw water.

Pee outside instead 😁 so you skip the well.