Recent content by Matt McCracken

Thanks. I ordered this and it came today. I have it 90% installed. Still not sure if it will make a good enough seal to not leak because I can only get it hand tight. It says to wrench it 3/4 turn after hand tight, but none of my wrenches are quite big enough. What kind of wrench would one...

I couldn't figure out how to do that. The "insert image" link asked for a URL and didn't seem to work when I tried it. I now see the "upload a file" button that I missed. Thanks.

Here is what the standard 4.25 inch one looks like in there. Definitely not enough purchase to put any putty or anything to seal it.

I believe the pan to be cast iron. Here is the hole. The depression is 5" https://photos.app.goo.gl/ow3QjsJQktjJZW669 Here is the drain pipe I had to take out: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7h26zkrFUgyWDVuz9 I had to cut the portion out that screws in to the pipe because it was so rusted that...

I have a 100 year old house. When I bought it one of the shower drains was rusted through and unusable. I've finally gotten around to attempting to fix. I've gotten the old drain removed, but the depression in the shower pan is 5" wide. It seems like I can only find 4.25" drains which just...