1. Is moving the shower the only change going on with this branch? Are you adding any other fixtures, or moving them a significant difference?
2. Did you have any problems with the previous set up?
3. What type of pipe is there now?
4. Did you pull a permit/is it getting inspected?
Prev shower was toast. This is the only change being made to drain pipe.
Toilet and flange are fine.
ABS pipe
Im a plumber. So first of all you need a p trap centered under the shower base. Use 2inch pvc from the abs pipe connecting it with a rubber fernco. If the abs pipe is 1 1/2 use a 2 by 1 1/2 fernco to connect the pvc to the abs. Another thing is i dont see a vent fot the shower. If there's no vent the shower will gurgle when another fixture is used. It will not drain as well either. Pit a 2 by 1 1/2 1inch wye in before the trap and run 1 1/2 pvc to the wall where u can stub up the pipe 4 ft and install a auto vent on top.Hi all, doing a remodel in basement. Extending the shower drain and adding a back flow preventer. Extended approx 3 feet. Now with the slope it puts the p trap connection to straight pipe approx 1/2" above the existing concrete. I was going to "backfill" with gravel that I removed, then top with concrete and then floor leveler, finally topped with a layer of dricore.(7/8" thick)Then shower base. Bathroom is small approx 50-60 sq ft.
I'm kinda wondering how to go about this?? In the 3rd pic the small level is where the p trap connects, and it sits approx 1/2" above concrete at the edge.
Where the larger 4' level runs side to side, that is where the leading edge of shower base will be. ABS sits flush with concrete right there.
Sika floor leveller and then dricore for subflooring throughout.
Looking for some guidance here.
Thanks
Steve
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I'm no plumber, but I jus gotta say;
My wife takes a lotta showers, and loses a lot of hair, and every time she does, some of it settles in the traps with the soap scums. About once every four years or so she will be standing ankle deep in water, and freaking out. To make my life easier,I have engineered lots of slope and short runs to the stacks, jus saying. And it still comes about every four years.
Up here where I live, the drains have little openings, about quarter by quarter,and are flush to the floor, and are retained from the bottom; so good luck fishing the hair ball outta there.
When it stops draining, who's gonna be the lucky guy to tear it all apart to clean it out, jus saying.
But I'm no plumber.
Where I grew up we had a lot of vacation homes. We would construct large volume traps on all fixtures to prevent dry traps from evaporation. To this day I still incorporate large volume traps on sporadically used fixtures (basement bathrooms, garage sinks, ect). Never had any problems in 25yrs.Don't create a long p-trap -----------------keep debris out of it while under construction !
I thought indoor plumbing was forbidden in Canada?
Needs a waterproof "**** ticket" dispenser!
Still cant pull up pics for some reason -------------
plumbed for almost 50 yrs., never got ate up by a shower ! lol