Shower drain
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Cargo Master
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From: Frequently frozen MN
Shower drain
A number of years ago, I put plumbed my downstairs bathroom. The house was a year old when I bought it, and had the drains.
I put a shower over the drain that was conuntersunk, and I put the toilet over the pipe that was sticking out. (Made sense to me). There was also a drain pipe on the other side of the wall that I tapped into for the sink.
Anyway, the shower kit instructions just said to mount it on a waterproofed base of plywood or whatever. They said just to cut a hole in that base for the drain. Didn't seem like a real good plan, but I did that.
I never could tell if the drain leaked out, but the front edge area always looked wetter than I thought it should be. It could just have been from the shower itself getting past the curtain. (My son was the only one who generally used the shower, so I really never paid too much attention).
I'm thinking of replacing it now, and I'm wondering if there's a better method for the drain. I've loooked in a few books over the years, and they never seemed to cover that subject in any detail.
Hoping that somebody here has the straight scoop.
Thanks,
hj
I put a shower over the drain that was conuntersunk, and I put the toilet over the pipe that was sticking out. (Made sense to me). There was also a drain pipe on the other side of the wall that I tapped into for the sink.
Anyway, the shower kit instructions just said to mount it on a waterproofed base of plywood or whatever. They said just to cut a hole in that base for the drain. Didn't seem like a real good plan, but I did that.
I never could tell if the drain leaked out, but the front edge area always looked wetter than I thought it should be. It could just have been from the shower itself getting past the curtain. (My son was the only one who generally used the shower, so I really never paid too much attention).
I'm thinking of replacing it now, and I'm wondering if there's a better method for the drain. I've loooked in a few books over the years, and they never seemed to cover that subject in any detail.
Hoping that somebody here has the straight scoop.
Thanks,
hj
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There are different ways to go about this. If you are using a pre-formed shower pan then the drain goes over the 2" pipe coming out of the floor and is usually tightend with a neopreme gasket. If you go with a liner than the liner goes over a clamping ring mounted to the drain. Hope this helps, keep us posted.
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Thanks guys,
Unfortunately, there's no pipe coming out of the floor. IIRC ( it's been well over 10 years), it looked like the floor drain under my laundry tub. My guess is that I'd have to somehow put a pipe in it.
If I ever get to it, I'll post what I tried -- I tend to work at the speed of smell.
hj
Unfortunately, there's no pipe coming out of the floor. IIRC ( it's been well over 10 years), it looked like the floor drain under my laundry tub. My guess is that I'd have to somehow put a pipe in it.
If I ever get to it, I'll post what I tried -- I tend to work at the speed of smell.
hj
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