[OhioDon]

Why does your sump pump drain to your septic? Are you sure that doesnt make sense! If your septic backed up it would come out that drain first and you would have sewage all over your basement, also your pumping groundwater into septic unnecessarily. Floor drains are trapped so using it for your purposes is not a good idea, if it does drain to septic i would jack it up remove trap and continue the drain to proper location..

If I'm going to use this drain for a kitchen sink, doesn't it NEED to drain into the septic?

It would only be a "floor drain" in case of catastrophic flooding.

 

[OhioDon]

Yes the drain needs to go to your septic i was talking about pumping groundwater into your septic thats usually not permiited and unnecessary.a sump pump and floor drain is usually connected to underground irrigation and drains to an easement or some other area to be collected. Its illegal to do what your are proposing my advice is to jack the floor up to an existing line and tiein to bring the drain where you need it.

OK, I should have clarified: I live in Ohio and have a leach bed septic system. This is not going to a municipal septic system. Does that make a difference to your recommendation? The sump pump was designed to take the basement toilet and shower to my septic. It is a sealed sump pit and everything passed inspections when the house was built 13 years ago.

 

[OhioDon]

You can not indirectly drain a kitchen sink or any other sink into a floor drain in the state of Ohio. Kitchen sinks tend to have grease and food particles which tend to rot and smell. The Kitchen sink will need to be directly piped into your drain and vented in a proper manner.

I also have to ask where did you run the furnace condensate that was keeping your floor drain wet year around to?

I would suggest you get in touch with your local building department.

I will have an aerator (ie. garabage disposal) under the sink if that makes any difference.

I have a licensed plumbing company that did the rough plumbing for the bathroom and the kitchen. I'm not sure what they have in mind for the drain but I trust them to do it properly. I was just trying to help with plumbing because a cabinet is going to be over the current floor drain location.

The furnace was moved about 15' (by a licensed plumber) close to a wall and plumbed into new plumbing that ends up in the same "sump" pit as before. It has been like this for about three years. Some of that time, I have had a dehumidifier draining into the floor drain.