jsnell22001
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Hi - I'm currently doing a bathroom remodel and have a problem with my shower drain. I'm planning to do a tile shower with a dry pack mud base on the first floor of a concrete slab house. The shower used to be a tub/shower combo in which the drain sits a bit higher. I had to move the drain a foot or so to get it into the middle of the shower. I've cut out the old tub p-trap and chisled out the concrete and now that I've done that it's obvious that the drain height will end up being too high. As it sits now, if I were to put a 90 degree elbow from the drain tail pipe to the adjustable tile shower drain, I'd have to build up the dry pack mud 6 inches or so. Basically, the elbow is at the slap height. When you put the drain on top of that it sits a good 4 - 6 inches above the slab height. Hope that makes sense.
To correct the problem, I thought of 3 options:
1. Lower the main drain to where it connects to the vent stack. I don't think this will work because the drain that leaves the house and goes to the septic is right where everything connects. Can't really do any lower there.
2. Can I extend the depth of the p-trap to go lower and therefore start the run up to the drain from a lower point. As long as the drain itself has an angle down to the p-trap AND is higher than the top of the p-trap am I ok or is this going to give poor drainage.
3. I've looked on the web for a different "low profile" tile shower drain. If someone made a shower drain that would fit right onto the drain tailpipe without a right angle that would lower me down and reduce the height. So far I haven't been able to find such a drain.
Does anyone have suggestions or recommendations. Option 2 sounds like my best bet right now. Thanks in advance!
To correct the problem, I thought of 3 options:
1. Lower the main drain to where it connects to the vent stack. I don't think this will work because the drain that leaves the house and goes to the septic is right where everything connects. Can't really do any lower there.
2. Can I extend the depth of the p-trap to go lower and therefore start the run up to the drain from a lower point. As long as the drain itself has an angle down to the p-trap AND is higher than the top of the p-trap am I ok or is this going to give poor drainage.
3. I've looked on the web for a different "low profile" tile shower drain. If someone made a shower drain that would fit right onto the drain tailpipe without a right angle that would lower me down and reduce the height. So far I haven't been able to find such a drain.
Does anyone have suggestions or recommendations. Option 2 sounds like my best bet right now. Thanks in advance!