wvphysics
New Member
I am replacing a shower in one of my bathrooms. It was old and dingy, and most of all it was not level (one corner pooled an inch or two of water). I am putting in a shower pan and tiling the walls of the shower. I am also redoing a very shoddy tile job on the rest of the floor that was put directly onto one layer of subfloor. After I cleaned up the subfloor I added a second layer of subfloor to support the tile. I layed down the shower pan and marked the drain hole. When I cut out the hole I found that the drain hole move just enough for a joist to be in the way. The edge of the joist is just about at the halfway mark. Using an offset drain doesn't quite clear the joist so now I am trying to figure out the most feasible option to get around the joist.
The two options I can see are notching and cutting the whole section of the joist out and putting in headers. Whichever option I choose I want to make sure I don't weaken the floor enough to disturb the tile floor. These are 2x10's so I believe I am allowed to notch down just over 1.5". I only need to clear about another 1/4" so I am thinking of using a 45 or 90 elbow and notching just enough to fit in the elbow. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this level of notching would cause a problem, or would headering out be stronger and cause less deflection?
The two options I can see are notching and cutting the whole section of the joist out and putting in headers. Whichever option I choose I want to make sure I don't weaken the floor enough to disturb the tile floor. These are 2x10's so I believe I am allowed to notch down just over 1.5". I only need to clear about another 1/4" so I am thinking of using a 45 or 90 elbow and notching just enough to fit in the elbow. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this level of notching would cause a problem, or would headering out be stronger and cause less deflection?