This project is truly wearing on me and before I throw in towel and call a plumber I was hoping to get some advice.
The house we bought was built in 1965. The master shower has been leaking since we bought the house 4 years ago, this year we decided enough was enough and tore it apart. We love the neoshower shape and don't want to do too much to change what already exisit. What we are doing is putting in a new Kerdi shower base and will put up Hardi plank walls that we will Kerdi over before tiling with Fossil Stone Tiles. We've viewed the Kerdi DVD and understand that the Kerdi system must be attached to a PVC pipe from the drain. However, the DVD never discusses what to do if the drain is pre-exisiting and in the concrete floor. My husband removed the old mud shower pan and now we have a clean concrete floor with an old cast iron drain. We attempted to add the Kerdi to the drain but the Kerdi system is wider than the pre-exisiting drain. At this point we are not sure what to do. John Bridges site doesn't provide much help for our situation, although the site does have great advice, and Schluter Kerdi reps aren't much help either.
My question is: how do we widen the cast iron drain in the concrete floor without having to break through the concrete? Can the cast iron drain be chiseled away enough to attach the Kerdi Drain System to? Or if anyone has a better suggestion that doesn't start with breaking the cement I'd so appreciate it
The house we bought was built in 1965. The master shower has been leaking since we bought the house 4 years ago, this year we decided enough was enough and tore it apart. We love the neoshower shape and don't want to do too much to change what already exisit. What we are doing is putting in a new Kerdi shower base and will put up Hardi plank walls that we will Kerdi over before tiling with Fossil Stone Tiles. We've viewed the Kerdi DVD and understand that the Kerdi system must be attached to a PVC pipe from the drain. However, the DVD never discusses what to do if the drain is pre-exisiting and in the concrete floor. My husband removed the old mud shower pan and now we have a clean concrete floor with an old cast iron drain. We attempted to add the Kerdi to the drain but the Kerdi system is wider than the pre-exisiting drain. At this point we are not sure what to do. John Bridges site doesn't provide much help for our situation, although the site does have great advice, and Schluter Kerdi reps aren't much help either.
My question is: how do we widen the cast iron drain in the concrete floor without having to break through the concrete? Can the cast iron drain be chiseled away enough to attach the Kerdi Drain System to? Or if anyone has a better suggestion that doesn't start with breaking the cement I'd so appreciate it