My wife and I need advice concerning bathtub drain. I gues will start from the beginning. About four months ago my wife took a shower and some tiles fell off. Upon further inspection, we noticed that the home builderstiled the whole hower alcove on drywall. Bad idea. We gutted the whole shower alcove and are starting from nothing but joists. With help from the John Bridges site, we have isulated all the walls and hung our back cement board wall. We even intalled a new ceiling fan without acess from the attic.
Now to my question. We are ready to put the tub in. We took out the old tub and bought one the exact same size. The new one is just a bit deeper. Just your basic acrylic recessed tub. I learned about the leverage boards and what not but am worried about the drain. I kept in place the PVC drainpipe. But my main problem is is that I have no acces to underneath the drain. My tub is going in a three sided alcove. Plus the drainpipe and overflow pipe do not have a washer. I need to hook the drain up right the first time. Kind of a one shot deal. I read to just get a washer, place siicon around the rubber and place the tub it and screw in the drain. If I do not make sense, let me know. We just need second opinions. I have pictures of my pipe if you need to see them. Any advice would be reatly appreciated. We just want to install a drain and lever drain stop. The we can hang walls and get this alcove tiled. I am trying to attach a picture.
Now to my question. We are ready to put the tub in. We took out the old tub and bought one the exact same size. The new one is just a bit deeper. Just your basic acrylic recessed tub. I learned about the leverage boards and what not but am worried about the drain. I kept in place the PVC drainpipe. But my main problem is is that I have no acces to underneath the drain. My tub is going in a three sided alcove. Plus the drainpipe and overflow pipe do not have a washer. I need to hook the drain up right the first time. Kind of a one shot deal. I read to just get a washer, place siicon around the rubber and place the tub it and screw in the drain. If I do not make sense, let me know. We just need second opinions. I have pictures of my pipe if you need to see them. Any advice would be reatly appreciated. We just want to install a drain and lever drain stop. The we can hang walls and get this alcove tiled. I am trying to attach a picture.
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