Hey Everyone,
I have been lurking here for a while and finally have a reason to post.
I am embarking on a bathroom building mission in my basement. The basement was roughed in for a bathroom when the house was built so I am trying to stick with what is there and am determined to not bust up any concrete. I am in a bind with the shower drain however. The drain seems to be cast iron all the way to the trap and from there up is the problem. The trap has a 2" diameter piece of ABS coming out of it through a rubber fitting and then immediatley has a 1 1/2" pvc reducer glued to that "previous owner did it I swear". I would like to get rid of that 1 1/2 piece and be 2" out of the floor so that I can use a Kerdi shower drain. There is only about 1/2" between the bottom of the pvc reducer and the top of the rubber ring in the trap so cutting it off and using a coupler is out of the question I think. I am far from a plumber so if these questions sound rediculous sorry. Is it possible to remove that rubber fitting and replace it with a new one and rebuild from there? How about removing the trap from the line it connects to "via rubber fitting" and replacing the whole trap unit? Is it possible to cut off the pvc reducer and somehow attach more abs to the 1/2 or so to work with? Am I screwed? The following link has pictures of my setup in case what I have said doesn't make sense. http://www.ewehr.com/drain Thanks in advance...
I have been lurking here for a while and finally have a reason to post.
I am embarking on a bathroom building mission in my basement. The basement was roughed in for a bathroom when the house was built so I am trying to stick with what is there and am determined to not bust up any concrete. I am in a bind with the shower drain however. The drain seems to be cast iron all the way to the trap and from there up is the problem. The trap has a 2" diameter piece of ABS coming out of it through a rubber fitting and then immediatley has a 1 1/2" pvc reducer glued to that "previous owner did it I swear". I would like to get rid of that 1 1/2 piece and be 2" out of the floor so that I can use a Kerdi shower drain. There is only about 1/2" between the bottom of the pvc reducer and the top of the rubber ring in the trap so cutting it off and using a coupler is out of the question I think. I am far from a plumber so if these questions sound rediculous sorry. Is it possible to remove that rubber fitting and replace it with a new one and rebuild from there? How about removing the trap from the line it connects to "via rubber fitting" and replacing the whole trap unit? Is it possible to cut off the pvc reducer and somehow attach more abs to the 1/2 or so to work with? Am I screwed? The following link has pictures of my setup in case what I have said doesn't make sense. http://www.ewehr.com/drain Thanks in advance...