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Topic: Shop drains

Posted By: bobkyllo
Subject: Shop drains
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2025 at 11:10pm

I have decided I would like drains in my auto shop. My thought was to dig in a drain trough in each bay. Also on the out side of the shop I'd dig in a 1200 gallon plastic holding barrel/ Grey water tank/ skeptic tank. Menards has what I'm looking for it will not drain it is only to hold water so yes I understand I'll have to have it pumped probably once a year.

So here comes my question. I do not want to cut a 4 inch hole in my block wall. My thought was at the end of my drain troughs I would have a 30 gallon barrel with a sump pump in it raised up a bit as to not suck up the dirt.

So the pump would push the water up and out through a 2 inch pipe and drain the water to my buried tank.

What are your thoughts and how can I keep the sump pump up off the bottom of the 30 gallon barrel