crobinson22
New Member
Hello,
I have a 3" slab under my shower and on top of my house pad. The house is older and has CI. After much deliberation about control joints (re-tiling onto the shower slab), then advice to bust it out (vs. removing concrete around existing drain, to accept a Kerdi), I'm left with possibly cutting out some of the house pad (to move the drain to the center of the shower and to install a P trap). There is standing water at the bottom of the drain pipe, only just barely, a hanger hits metal just below the surface of the water. I'm not sure if I have a bad slope, if there's just crud down there, if there's some older trap configuration and am not certain how to proceed. If having traps in series doesn't work, and I'd need to install a vent (now I'm 3 feet below the house.....and on the roof), and I desire to do the right thing as hard as it may be - should I bother digging down to the line (a 4 foot trench after cutting a chunk of the house slab out) to inspect it, or simply doing what I need to, to get the Kerdi drain installed, proceed with the rest of the waterproofing/tile and be done?
We have a rule at my house - "are you asking?", what that rule means is if you're asking if you really should be doing something (or shouldn't be doing something), you're subconsciously looking for affirmation about what your mind has already made a decision about.
Trouble is, with this situation, I truly have no idea what to do. I don't want to perform exploratory surgery on my house. I also don't want to be stupid.
Thanks for your time,
Charlie
I have a 3" slab under my shower and on top of my house pad. The house is older and has CI. After much deliberation about control joints (re-tiling onto the shower slab), then advice to bust it out (vs. removing concrete around existing drain, to accept a Kerdi), I'm left with possibly cutting out some of the house pad (to move the drain to the center of the shower and to install a P trap). There is standing water at the bottom of the drain pipe, only just barely, a hanger hits metal just below the surface of the water. I'm not sure if I have a bad slope, if there's just crud down there, if there's some older trap configuration and am not certain how to proceed. If having traps in series doesn't work, and I'd need to install a vent (now I'm 3 feet below the house.....and on the roof), and I desire to do the right thing as hard as it may be - should I bother digging down to the line (a 4 foot trench after cutting a chunk of the house slab out) to inspect it, or simply doing what I need to, to get the Kerdi drain installed, proceed with the rest of the waterproofing/tile and be done?
We have a rule at my house - "are you asking?", what that rule means is if you're asking if you really should be doing something (or shouldn't be doing something), you're subconsciously looking for affirmation about what your mind has already made a decision about.
Trouble is, with this situation, I truly have no idea what to do. I don't want to perform exploratory surgery on my house. I also don't want to be stupid.
Thanks for your time,
Charlie