Buzzards27
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I'm getting ready to rework a mucked up shower drain that was modified when they went from tub to shower.
Home is 55 years old, 3" copper main, with 1 1/2" copper drain to tub that was "extended" for shower. Because of accessibility issues they cobbled 4 PVC elbows together to get from the trap to the existing 1 1/2" line. That line ties into 3" stack with a 3x3x1 1/2" brass wye.
My first option is to cut the stack and sweat out the wye. Then fit up a 3x3x2 PC wye attached with Fernco's top and bottom.
Fall back plan is leaving the 3x3x1 1/2 brass wye in place (with a 1 1/2" Fernco cap) and build with PVC just below it. I do have 10' ceilings.
First question, are the cheap rubber and hose clamp Ferncos approved for this use? Copper to PVC? Do I need speciality Ferncos, such as 3001-33?
Is it worth sweating the copper wye out? Is capping the wye acceptable?
There is no way to unstack this and build it right, Ferncos and modest gaps are my only option.
I have no real reason to do the job other than it is a shower base on a 1 1/2" line. That and the four PVC fittings look ridiculous.
I'm getting ready to rework a mucked up shower drain that was modified when they went from tub to shower.
Home is 55 years old, 3" copper main, with 1 1/2" copper drain to tub that was "extended" for shower. Because of accessibility issues they cobbled 4 PVC elbows together to get from the trap to the existing 1 1/2" line. That line ties into 3" stack with a 3x3x1 1/2" brass wye.
My first option is to cut the stack and sweat out the wye. Then fit up a 3x3x2 PC wye attached with Fernco's top and bottom.
Fall back plan is leaving the 3x3x1 1/2 brass wye in place (with a 1 1/2" Fernco cap) and build with PVC just below it. I do have 10' ceilings.
First question, are the cheap rubber and hose clamp Ferncos approved for this use? Copper to PVC? Do I need speciality Ferncos, such as 3001-33?
Is it worth sweating the copper wye out? Is capping the wye acceptable?
There is no way to unstack this and build it right, Ferncos and modest gaps are my only option.
I have no real reason to do the job other than it is a shower base on a 1 1/2" line. That and the four PVC fittings look ridiculous.
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