Yup sounds pretty normal from here.
Do floor drains normally have standing water.
Let s say that in your observations you have found water to occupy a space of about a foot or two square.
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Wherever water tends to accumulate that is where your sump pump should be located.
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In any other indoor areas they function as a secondary gateway for excess water to flow out in the event of a water heater leak or a sink overflowing.
Remove any hairs scum or miscellaneous blockage attached to the coil.
The concrete floor around the drain gently slopes towards it encouraging water to collect there and drain out.
If there is an overflow drain open it.
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If the water level gets too high the overflow drain helps the main drain get rid of the water.
The overflow drain will usually sit below a tap.
Now unblocked i still have standing water in the drain about a foot below the grid.
In certain areas for example garages and showers floor drains are most likely the only plumbing components where standing water can flow out of the property into a treatment facility.
Put on a pair of rubber gloves.
An attached long coil will run down the drain.
The drain which takes away the roof rainwater kitchen sink and bath wastewater was recently blocked causing water overflow and also seep into cellar.
It doesnt appear to get any higher and the cellar is not flooding.
That will cause the standing water to move on through the drain and leave fresh water in the trap.
If water flows fine then the floor drains are aok.
To test the floor drains run some water down them.
All floor drains have ptraps that retain water in them to keep the sewer gasses from the drain pipes from entering your home.
A simple method to eliminate the problem is to pour about 1 2 gal of water down that drain once a month.
Is it normal to have standing water in outside drain.
Yup sounds pretty normal from here.