Zaknefien66
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Hello,
I am putting a shower in the basement and I have some questions on connecting the drain to the p-trap. I had my underground inspection yesterday and everything was good, but I am a little confused on attaching the drain. The drain glues onto the P-trap and once the shower is in place you cannot get to it anymore. There is a part that unscrews from the top of the drain and this goes through the shower floor and basically making a compression fitting between the flange under the shower and the flange on the shower floor. Any way, what is the best way to make sure this doesn't leak. There are 2 gaskets as well, 1-rubber and 1-paper, what order do these go in?
This is how the inspector said I should do it. Hope this makes sense.
------------------ Shower flange (Metal disc with drain holes.)
..................... Silicone caulk
[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[ Fiberglass shower drain opening
..................... More Silicone Caulk
>>>>>>>>>>> Rubber Gasket
_____________ Paper Gasket
He said to put some Teflon paste on the threads when you screw the 2 parts together. Does this sound right? I thought the Rubber gasket went on top the the fiberglass shower.
Hope someone can let me know as I am trying to do this on Friday or Saturday.
Thanks,
Z.
I am putting a shower in the basement and I have some questions on connecting the drain to the p-trap. I had my underground inspection yesterday and everything was good, but I am a little confused on attaching the drain. The drain glues onto the P-trap and once the shower is in place you cannot get to it anymore. There is a part that unscrews from the top of the drain and this goes through the shower floor and basically making a compression fitting between the flange under the shower and the flange on the shower floor. Any way, what is the best way to make sure this doesn't leak. There are 2 gaskets as well, 1-rubber and 1-paper, what order do these go in?
This is how the inspector said I should do it. Hope this makes sense.
------------------ Shower flange (Metal disc with drain holes.)
..................... Silicone caulk
[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[ Fiberglass shower drain opening
..................... More Silicone Caulk
>>>>>>>>>>> Rubber Gasket
_____________ Paper Gasket
He said to put some Teflon paste on the threads when you screw the 2 parts together. Does this sound right? I thought the Rubber gasket went on top the the fiberglass shower.
Hope someone can let me know as I am trying to do this on Friday or Saturday.
Thanks,
Z.