TorontoTim
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In my bath reno, we installed a Kohler Memoirs corner acrylic shower pan/walls/door.
The drain for the pan calls for about 1 1/4" of ABS to come up inside the metal drain housing, and then a grey gasket cylinder gets pushed down between the ABS and the metal drain. No silicone etc. Just a pressure fit.
So, as it turns out, I haven't left enough 2" ABS in the metal housing. I'm about 3/4 inch short when all is said and done (yes, I made a mistake). The floor is all buttoned up (thin-set) and I'd have a hard time getting the 36 inches from the edge of the shower pan to the drain anyhow.
The question is, aside from opening the ceiling below, cutting the 2" pipe, adding a coupler and a longer section of pipe (or just replacing the entire P trap) is there an 'inside' coupler - i.e. a coupler that fits inside the 2" ABS pipe to join two pieces.
The 2" ABS which was required by the Kohler drain reduces to the 1 1/2" ABS that was in the floor already so I wasn't concerned about the reduction in the pipe I.D. with such a fitting.
Of course I don't think they exist, but thought I'd ask if there's any way to create a butt joint between 2" ABS that does not increase the OD of the pipe. If there isn't a reasonable way to do this, I'll just cut the hole in the ceiling and be done with it.
The drain for the pan calls for about 1 1/4" of ABS to come up inside the metal drain housing, and then a grey gasket cylinder gets pushed down between the ABS and the metal drain. No silicone etc. Just a pressure fit.
So, as it turns out, I haven't left enough 2" ABS in the metal housing. I'm about 3/4 inch short when all is said and done (yes, I made a mistake). The floor is all buttoned up (thin-set) and I'd have a hard time getting the 36 inches from the edge of the shower pan to the drain anyhow.
The question is, aside from opening the ceiling below, cutting the 2" pipe, adding a coupler and a longer section of pipe (or just replacing the entire P trap) is there an 'inside' coupler - i.e. a coupler that fits inside the 2" ABS pipe to join two pieces.
The 2" ABS which was required by the Kohler drain reduces to the 1 1/2" ABS that was in the floor already so I wasn't concerned about the reduction in the pipe I.D. with such a fitting.
Of course I don't think they exist, but thought I'd ask if there's any way to create a butt joint between 2" ABS that does not increase the OD of the pipe. If there isn't a reasonable way to do this, I'll just cut the hole in the ceiling and be done with it.