Here's my situation... I've gutted my bathroom, and want to put it back, more or less with the same fixtures and placement as the old setup (but much nicer of course!). The difficult part is that I wish to replace a tub shower combo with a nice shower stall...
Space isn't an issue, I think I've figured out all the tiling issues, etc. But the existing drain pipe for the tub was a 1 1/2" copper pipe. I've done some searching and reading around here, and from what I gather, it's advisable (and up to code standards) to have a 2" drain for a shower stall.
Now, I have access to the plumbing - it's a second story bath, and there's no subfloor in there at the moment. But I'm not exactly sure what would be required to replace that drain line. I have some photos of what's there currently, since I do not know the terminology to describe it...
Any advise is most appreciated
This is what's left of the tub drain plumbing...
The drain runs across the room, to meet up with the 3" drain that runs vertically in the wall... Here's an overview of that wall.
And here's a closeup of the join. The left fork is the tub drain connection, the right is the toilet drain line. This connection is the one I have no idea what to do with, but suspect would have to be changed.
Space isn't an issue, I think I've figured out all the tiling issues, etc. But the existing drain pipe for the tub was a 1 1/2" copper pipe. I've done some searching and reading around here, and from what I gather, it's advisable (and up to code standards) to have a 2" drain for a shower stall.
Now, I have access to the plumbing - it's a second story bath, and there's no subfloor in there at the moment. But I'm not exactly sure what would be required to replace that drain line. I have some photos of what's there currently, since I do not know the terminology to describe it...
Any advise is most appreciated
This is what's left of the tub drain plumbing...
The drain runs across the room, to meet up with the 3" drain that runs vertically in the wall... Here's an overview of that wall.
And here's a closeup of the join. The left fork is the tub drain connection, the right is the toilet drain line. This connection is the one I have no idea what to do with, but suspect would have to be changed.
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