I'm remodeling our master bath which is on the second floor of our house.
I've reached the point where I have to deal with the plumbing for the tub surround and I need some advice from the more experienced. When it comes to DIY I'm a good mimic -- I can tear out and replace exactly what I see but I'm pretty clueless if I have to design something new.
My first question is how to deal with the hot and cold feeds.
The previous tub sat in a tile deck with the spout and the valve in the wall. For the new tub the spout and the hot and cold valves will be mounted on the right front corner of the tile deck.
I've attached pictures of the existing plumbing. I want to keep the stud bay on the right clear for future access if needed from a closet. The cold supply is in the center stud bay and the hot supply I want to move to the center so both feeds would be accessible from the access hole.
Should I terminate the feeds with drop ells and shutoff valves as you would for a sink or is it a bad idea to embed valves inside the platform? Should I switch to plastic or to braided flex tubing? How would a Pro do it?
My second question is about the drain. The existing P-trap is ABS with a threaded female ABS connector already glued on. The threads look OK. The tub drain is about 15" in from the trap. I've attached a drawing of how I think it should be done. Am I correct? If I go with this design, is there anything special about the T that connects the overflow to the tub drain? Finally, if I use the treaded connection to the P-trap is there a special pipe sealant for ABS threaded connections?
I've attached 3 photos of the tub niche and plumbing and 2 photos of drawings of the planned installation.
Thanks
I've reached the point where I have to deal with the plumbing for the tub surround and I need some advice from the more experienced. When it comes to DIY I'm a good mimic -- I can tear out and replace exactly what I see but I'm pretty clueless if I have to design something new.
My first question is how to deal with the hot and cold feeds.
The previous tub sat in a tile deck with the spout and the valve in the wall. For the new tub the spout and the hot and cold valves will be mounted on the right front corner of the tile deck.
I've attached pictures of the existing plumbing. I want to keep the stud bay on the right clear for future access if needed from a closet. The cold supply is in the center stud bay and the hot supply I want to move to the center so both feeds would be accessible from the access hole.
Should I terminate the feeds with drop ells and shutoff valves as you would for a sink or is it a bad idea to embed valves inside the platform? Should I switch to plastic or to braided flex tubing? How would a Pro do it?
My second question is about the drain. The existing P-trap is ABS with a threaded female ABS connector already glued on. The threads look OK. The tub drain is about 15" in from the trap. I've attached a drawing of how I think it should be done. Am I correct? If I go with this design, is there anything special about the T that connects the overflow to the tub drain? Finally, if I use the treaded connection to the P-trap is there a special pipe sealant for ABS threaded connections?
I've attached 3 photos of the tub niche and plumbing and 2 photos of drawings of the planned installation.
Thanks