etienne1102
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I am finishing my basement. My basement was roughed in years ago for a toilet and tub - drains on opposite sides of what was envisioned as a bathroom with the tup on the end wall and the toilet and vanity on left. My contractor said "do you want a shower" and my wife said yes. HE then said to her, "I'd use a NeoAngle because they give you the most room with the least space", and she said... "ok, sure". Due to some additional utility tubs we were adding, the concrete was broken up and then again re-poured.
I have a raw concrete floor and stud walls now (so that the venting and the shower plumbing could be set. The neoangle needed a 12" equidistant drain location (pretty standard). When I (I stress that it was ME) finally then layed out the actual fictures on the floor with chalk that I find that the door swing on the shower will clear even the smallest toilet I can find (front to back... Cadet 3 or Toto models...26 1/4 and 26 1/8 respectively) JUST barely I hope. Also, due to the fact that the drains are on the opposite sides of the room the space between the shower recepter and the toilet is about 16 inches - into a corner which I might try to make useful with a cabinet or freestanding shelf section - IF I could walk by without sucking in my stomach.
This strikes me a really bad, a case of bad planning and I even wonder if it meets code for spacing. Comments appreciated - my guess is i am about to have an unpleasant conversation with the contractor about how sorry I am that he has to redo the plumbing rough in work and move a wall, drain and vent. On the other hand, he ought to be happy that I checked NOW rather than notice after the tile was in and the paint was dry. Am I nuts (well on this issue that is!) Thanks in advance.
I have a raw concrete floor and stud walls now (so that the venting and the shower plumbing could be set. The neoangle needed a 12" equidistant drain location (pretty standard). When I (I stress that it was ME) finally then layed out the actual fictures on the floor with chalk that I find that the door swing on the shower will clear even the smallest toilet I can find (front to back... Cadet 3 or Toto models...26 1/4 and 26 1/8 respectively) JUST barely I hope. Also, due to the fact that the drains are on the opposite sides of the room the space between the shower recepter and the toilet is about 16 inches - into a corner which I might try to make useful with a cabinet or freestanding shelf section - IF I could walk by without sucking in my stomach.
This strikes me a really bad, a case of bad planning and I even wonder if it meets code for spacing. Comments appreciated - my guess is i am about to have an unpleasant conversation with the contractor about how sorry I am that he has to redo the plumbing rough in work and move a wall, drain and vent. On the other hand, he ought to be happy that I checked NOW rather than notice after the tile was in and the paint was dry. Am I nuts (well on this issue that is!) Thanks in advance.