Pitownpi
New Member
Hi,
I'm in the progress of demo for a slab-on-grade bath/shower remodel.
Removed the UPC shower base.....
Busted up the concrete & my knuckes yesterday some only 2 inches thick... but near footing overpour (pic.6056) just jackhammered 3 inches off the top.
WOW is that fun or what.BUT NO REBAR just some 6x6 mesh!!!!..how about the dust from a diamond blade on a skill saw......you have to experience that at least once in life and the cleanup afterwards......
My Plan:
Roll-in curbless entry with possibly a Quick Drain scupper or a Kerdi drain/system or maybe TWO FLOOR drains.
Also to determine whether a small berm or just a small rubber collapsible dam might also be used.... at least the rubber can be glued on later....
Effectively trying to tile the whole floor, half-way up the walls be able to hose everything out and make it drain......will float slightly thicker tile near walls and under any cabinets, or counters... counters are poured concrete, severe terrazzo that I make myself and are hung on walls with frame that I weld up and get powder coated...did the kitchen same way.....
Also will put a 4 by 8 sheet of electric heating under so that will build up tile just slightly outside of shower pan.
How to connect two floor drains into one existing p-trap..just tee and elbow?
Is the Quick drain worth the $600........wow.....sure looks cool!
Can I extend/place the existing p-trap any where under the proposed shower pan...it presently comes straight out from near main about 3-4 feet then the trap then up...I assume I can put a sweep in it and move it a couple of feet no problems? but adding another drain a couple of feet away in series is beyond my very limited experience.......
I'm definitely not a plumber...just a hermit who spends time researching and studying and trying...most of the time it works very well and is ABOVE any code that I have seen on paper....and if anyone lived in my area who I could hire....I WOULD!!!!
Thanks and Regards,
Pitownpi,
Homeowner/Homesteader/Engineer....and hermit...I don't own my property any more it owns me and I love it!!!
the other pics are of an open TEE I found in a sink drain...I had always wondered why I couldn't use the sink without the water running down the wall....SEEMS original contractor forgot to cap it.....faced outwards to outside wall and even had sheeting cut for it...BUT STUCCO CREW JUST PAPERED OVER AND THE REST IS HISTORY..was able to drill it out...
Can I drain my washing maching now into this hole?
I'm in the progress of demo for a slab-on-grade bath/shower remodel.
Removed the UPC shower base.....
Busted up the concrete & my knuckes yesterday some only 2 inches thick... but near footing overpour (pic.6056) just jackhammered 3 inches off the top.
WOW is that fun or what.BUT NO REBAR just some 6x6 mesh!!!!..how about the dust from a diamond blade on a skill saw......you have to experience that at least once in life and the cleanup afterwards......
My Plan:
Roll-in curbless entry with possibly a Quick Drain scupper or a Kerdi drain/system or maybe TWO FLOOR drains.
Also to determine whether a small berm or just a small rubber collapsible dam might also be used.... at least the rubber can be glued on later....
Effectively trying to tile the whole floor, half-way up the walls be able to hose everything out and make it drain......will float slightly thicker tile near walls and under any cabinets, or counters... counters are poured concrete, severe terrazzo that I make myself and are hung on walls with frame that I weld up and get powder coated...did the kitchen same way.....
Also will put a 4 by 8 sheet of electric heating under so that will build up tile just slightly outside of shower pan.
How to connect two floor drains into one existing p-trap..just tee and elbow?
Is the Quick drain worth the $600........wow.....sure looks cool!
Can I extend/place the existing p-trap any where under the proposed shower pan...it presently comes straight out from near main about 3-4 feet then the trap then up...I assume I can put a sweep in it and move it a couple of feet no problems? but adding another drain a couple of feet away in series is beyond my very limited experience.......
I'm definitely not a plumber...just a hermit who spends time researching and studying and trying...most of the time it works very well and is ABOVE any code that I have seen on paper....and if anyone lived in my area who I could hire....I WOULD!!!!
Thanks and Regards,
Pitownpi,
Homeowner/Homesteader/Engineer....and hermit...I don't own my property any more it owns me and I love it!!!
the other pics are of an open TEE I found in a sink drain...I had always wondered why I couldn't use the sink without the water running down the wall....SEEMS original contractor forgot to cap it.....faced outwards to outside wall and even had sheeting cut for it...BUT STUCCO CREW JUST PAPERED OVER AND THE REST IS HISTORY..was able to drill it out...
Can I drain my washing maching now into this hole?