A few weeks ago I was here getting some good advice on purchasing a tub. Now that the project's started I've run into a huge snag. The old tub was an above floor drain model but I didn't know this until after I bought my new tub and pulled the old one. The new tub is exactly what I want and I got it for the right price so I'd like to make it work if possible; but I'm not willing to cut corners or compromise safety.
The floor joists are 2x8 conventional and according to the building code I can't drill them; the maximum permitted hole size is 1 3/4" which of course won't fit the 1.5" pipe. I can't cut out the joist and box it/ build headers because of the toilet drain which I don't see how I could move since that just creates the same problem I'm having now--just with larger pipes. The only solution I can see is an above floor drain tub, am I missing something?
The old tub had a ptrap in the floor where the pipe is then a vertical piece of abs, a sani-tee and the overflow drain shoe connected to that.
In the diagram the X is where the new tub's drain has to be located.
edit: I should note even if I were to ignore the building code and drill; the "safe" area in the centre is too low for the shoe to meet up with the tub.
The floor joists are 2x8 conventional and according to the building code I can't drill them; the maximum permitted hole size is 1 3/4" which of course won't fit the 1.5" pipe. I can't cut out the joist and box it/ build headers because of the toilet drain which I don't see how I could move since that just creates the same problem I'm having now--just with larger pipes. The only solution I can see is an above floor drain tub, am I missing something?
The old tub had a ptrap in the floor where the pipe is then a vertical piece of abs, a sani-tee and the overflow drain shoe connected to that.
In the diagram the X is where the new tub's drain has to be located.
edit: I should note even if I were to ignore the building code and drill; the "safe" area in the centre is too low for the shoe to meet up with the tub.
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