BrianZ06
New Member
Hi all,
We recently purchased the house. Its about 100 years old. I would guess the master bathroom was redone 25 years ago, but dont know for sure. The master bathroom is on the 2nd floor. While pulling some hair from the shower drain, I noticed that the drain looks like a potential catastrophe of some sort in the making. The shower floor tile seems to be set on some sort of concrete base. The top of the drain screen piece is flush with the tile and is screwed down. But there is a gap between that piece and the pvc pipe, allowing the water to eat away at the exposed concrete, seemingly digging a big gap between the drain top piece and where the pvc pipe starts. The concrete sediment then seems to have coated the inside of the pvc pipe turning it into a mess.
I'm guessing there's not much to do, but redo the entire shower base and drain plumbing. Why would anyone design it like this? Why wouldnt the pvc pipe meet the other piece? Maybe someone just mismeasured the pvc pipe. Any other thoughts for potential fixes or ways to delay the ineviteble?
Thanks!
Brian
We recently purchased the house. Its about 100 years old. I would guess the master bathroom was redone 25 years ago, but dont know for sure. The master bathroom is on the 2nd floor. While pulling some hair from the shower drain, I noticed that the drain looks like a potential catastrophe of some sort in the making. The shower floor tile seems to be set on some sort of concrete base. The top of the drain screen piece is flush with the tile and is screwed down. But there is a gap between that piece and the pvc pipe, allowing the water to eat away at the exposed concrete, seemingly digging a big gap between the drain top piece and where the pvc pipe starts. The concrete sediment then seems to have coated the inside of the pvc pipe turning it into a mess.
I'm guessing there's not much to do, but redo the entire shower base and drain plumbing. Why would anyone design it like this? Why wouldnt the pvc pipe meet the other piece? Maybe someone just mismeasured the pvc pipe. Any other thoughts for potential fixes or ways to delay the ineviteble?
Thanks!
Brian