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Just bought this house and my wife wanted me to do something about the shower drain because it looked all funny. Well the funny part was the amount of silicone around the drain and smeared over the shower pan. Not to mention the drain wasn't level with the pan.
So I went ahead and took the drain out. Me knowing very little about plumbing took it over to the home depot to get a new one and it turns out that the drain fitting was a 1 1/2 inch sink drain fitting with a 6 inch angled tailpeice that drained into the p-trap. They laughed at me. The reason this was like this was because the plumber hadn't roughed in the drain fittings before the shower pan had been installed. So now it's my problem and rather than do the same thing I'd like to correct it.
I'm planning on pulling out the whole shower and installing a new shower pan and shower tiles.
questions....
1. It looks like the p-trap is cast iron??? I'm going to need to move this to accomodate the new shower pan. Should I use cast iron again or go ahead w/ABS?
2. How do I get the p-trap out? I only have a 8-9 inch diameter hole to work in(concrete sub-floor).
3. If I need to create a bigger hole in the subfloor will this affect my shower pan?
4. If I need to move the rough in around 3 inches could I do it with a couple of angle pipes?
Sorry for all the questions, just trying to gain some knowledge before I begin this project.
Thanks,
Chris
So I went ahead and took the drain out. Me knowing very little about plumbing took it over to the home depot to get a new one and it turns out that the drain fitting was a 1 1/2 inch sink drain fitting with a 6 inch angled tailpeice that drained into the p-trap. They laughed at me. The reason this was like this was because the plumber hadn't roughed in the drain fittings before the shower pan had been installed. So now it's my problem and rather than do the same thing I'd like to correct it.
I'm planning on pulling out the whole shower and installing a new shower pan and shower tiles.
questions....
1. It looks like the p-trap is cast iron??? I'm going to need to move this to accomodate the new shower pan. Should I use cast iron again or go ahead w/ABS?
2. How do I get the p-trap out? I only have a 8-9 inch diameter hole to work in(concrete sub-floor).
3. If I need to create a bigger hole in the subfloor will this affect my shower pan?
4. If I need to move the rough in around 3 inches could I do it with a couple of angle pipes?
Sorry for all the questions, just trying to gain some knowledge before I begin this project.
Thanks,
Chris