Recent content by Jppenner

That is a great idea for locating the drain, thank you very much for sharing. I had thought by scoring the concrete before jackhammer it would make a cleaner hole. However, it will probably create a lot of dust so if it isnt going to make the job easier then I am definitely happy not to do it. I...

The building is a 3-story wood frame and this is the walk out basement. It is a duplex style townhouse so two units share the building side by side. If it is unlikely that I would encounter tension wires then probably best to just cut out the concrete and fix it. I will buy a diamond blade for...

Hi guys, thank you very much for the great advice. Good point about the danger of stepping out of a raised shower, I had not thought of that. However, I tried dryfitting a couple of 45’s and it does not appear there will be enough flexibility to be able to straighten that pipe in such a short...

I just had another idea. Since I have a full 8’ ceiling height in that bathroom maybe I could just raise the subfloor in the shower area and adjust the piping in that raised section? I could cut away a bit of the concrete around the rough in so that I could get a 45 on, couple inches of pipe and...

Oh boy, that is definitely more advanced then anything I have done before. Do you have any tips? I guess I just go slowly to be careful not to damage any pipe below the concrete while I’m jackhammering? I have no idea which direction the piping is coming from. Is there a standard depth that I...

Hello, I am trying to finish the basement bathroom for my inlaws but seem to have encountered a problem. I was going to install a Maxx shower kit and in the instructions it says the shower drain pipe must be plumb. When I look at the rough-in pipe coming out of the concrete it is definitely not...