GBud
New Member
Hello all,
First off thanks for any time you spend helping me to understand the finer points of the plumbing world behind the walls and under the floors. I have done some small repairs to the standard house hold P-traps and copper work but I have hired a contractor to take care of the installation of all plumbing work (including the shower kit) in the basement bathroom I recently framed.
The model of the shower kit can be found at the link below:
http://www.sterlingplumbing.com/bat...?productNumber=62030100&resultId=1214100131-0
I will get some pictures and post up if needed but I hope my words can describe with enough detail the problems that the plumber is telling me. He says that the type of shower kit that I have will require to break-up the concrete around the preexisting rough-in. The main issue is that the foundation floor is flat around the rough-in and the drain for the shower kit sits neatly flush with the floor. The drain the plumber bought and showed me has ~1/2" of clearance required underneath the shower kit to work properly.
Just to clarify, the rough-in is a 2" PVC pipe about 10" above the basement foundation and capped. I have done some reading and will test when I get home to see if a P-trap was installed by poring water into it. He is unsure if the rough-in was for a shower or tub; which concerns me since in 10 minutes of reading I found that a typical rough-in for a tub is 1.5" drain and a shower is 2".
Anyway, any advise aside from getting a new plumber would be extremely helpful. Links to the correct type of drain or what needs to be done to make the shower kit I have work with the already existing rough-in would go a long way in getting this complete. The framing around the shower kit is pretty good if I say so myself and I've already had the base sitting in the spot with the existing rough-in going directly up inside the drain hole. Now I just need to figure out how to get water down it!
Thank you again for the time and expertise that you share.
First off thanks for any time you spend helping me to understand the finer points of the plumbing world behind the walls and under the floors. I have done some small repairs to the standard house hold P-traps and copper work but I have hired a contractor to take care of the installation of all plumbing work (including the shower kit) in the basement bathroom I recently framed.
The model of the shower kit can be found at the link below:
http://www.sterlingplumbing.com/bat...?productNumber=62030100&resultId=1214100131-0
I will get some pictures and post up if needed but I hope my words can describe with enough detail the problems that the plumber is telling me. He says that the type of shower kit that I have will require to break-up the concrete around the preexisting rough-in. The main issue is that the foundation floor is flat around the rough-in and the drain for the shower kit sits neatly flush with the floor. The drain the plumber bought and showed me has ~1/2" of clearance required underneath the shower kit to work properly.
Just to clarify, the rough-in is a 2" PVC pipe about 10" above the basement foundation and capped. I have done some reading and will test when I get home to see if a P-trap was installed by poring water into it. He is unsure if the rough-in was for a shower or tub; which concerns me since in 10 minutes of reading I found that a typical rough-in for a tub is 1.5" drain and a shower is 2".
Anyway, any advise aside from getting a new plumber would be extremely helpful. Links to the correct type of drain or what needs to be done to make the shower kit I have work with the already existing rough-in would go a long way in getting this complete. The framing around the shower kit is pretty good if I say so myself and I've already had the base sitting in the spot with the existing rough-in going directly up inside the drain hole. Now I just need to figure out how to get water down it!
Thank you again for the time and expertise that you share.