Many areas in our modern buildings require floor drains that must satisfy high sanitation requirements and still conform to the aesthetics of the building, so the industry has developed a complete line of floor drains to meet these needs.
When I began my career in the plumbing industry at Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., my daughter was only three years old. And like most children of Smith employees at one time or another, one day she asked me, "What is a floor drain, Daddy?" This awareness of floor drains was instilled in her at an early age through my employment, along with the reinforcement of the virtues of plumbing from her grandfather, a licensed master plumber. The desire comes naturally to these kids to look at floor drain grates, cleanout covers, hydrants and other plumbing and drainage products to see if they can figure out how they work. Knowing how and why something works is the key to specifying and installing the correct product for the right application.