Recent content by GatorKenD

This illustration will give you a better idea of what I had in mind. The area I have designated for the bathroom will be part of a new slab. Because of the location where the cleanout is (circled) and the access to hot and cold water supply above-slab (at the water heater). I think plumbing...

miscommunication is mine... the footprint of the building is 42' x 7'. I'm going to make it 9' deeper, i.e., 42' x 16'. The 3" cleanout comes out on the backside of the building where I have the new slab installed.

The building is only 7' deep, so my plan make the poured concrete foundation about 9' deeper. I'm thinking I can tie the new drain pipes into the 3" clean-out marked in the drawing. That'll give me the opportunity to place the new drains before new concrete is poured. Because of the location...

Hi all - I have an unfinished detached building behind my house that used to be the laundry room. It is currently where our gas hot water heater, well equip and pool equipment reside. I want to move the well and pool equipment and convert the space into heated and cooled living space (bedroom...

Hey Jim - I will slope the entire floor. That not being reflected in that drawing is a limitation of my skills in Sketchup. I'm going to use a Schluter pre-sloped pan and linear drain assembly for the first 48" from the drain and deck mud to carry that same 2% slope for the remaining 30-ish...

Hi Jim - thanks for your feedback. Most (but not all!) are all things I considered. The rationale for the splitting the valve and the head is in this 7' x 4' shower (w/ no door), I didn't want to have to walk in to the point you'd get wet when turning the shower on. I suppose you could have...

Terry - thanks for jumping in there! I didn't know there was more volume on the tub port. I'll take advantage of that.

Hi all - I want to install my Moen 2590 shower valve on the back wall of my shower and my shower head on the front wall of the shower (7' away). There's no tub spout; this is a shower only. I'm guessing that Moen's precise instructions regarding placement distances are related to backpressure...

I'm probably answering my own question, but thought I'd put this out there before making extra work for myself. Doing a bathroom remodel. All the plumbing is exposed. I have a horizontal vent branch for the vanity that is 39.5" above the floor. The old vanity was 36" high. As I understand...

fwiw... here's the spec sheet on that tub. the bottom of the tub does not get much smaller than the top of the tub and it's got an inside shape that gets wider right about where your hips are when soaking... not to suggest you need more room where your hips are!! ;-)...

I just pitched a Kohler Villager on another thread and I'll do it here, too. At 320# my wife and I were able to wheel it into the bathroom on a furniture dolly. After that, I was able to install it on my own. It's only 14" tall and I was a little concerned that it would feel small, but it...

I did a bathroom remodel last year and put in the Kohler Villager tub. 60x30 alcove and 320#. It's been 9 months and still think every day, I'm glad went with a cast iron tub! That tub is a bargain, too. [now I to took a 400# sunken jacuzzi tub out of the master bath during demo last...

Hi all - I've started a bathroom remodel. Demo is done. I've taken out a sunken jacuzzi tub and I want to replace it with a curbless shower. I'm off to a good (lucky?) start: the drain for the tub was already 2" and the recess in the poured concrete slab for the old tub was generously sized...

Hey HJ - I think that's an illusion because of the camera angle and the depth of the top of the drain. I think these photos put it in perspective. I was surprised the top of drain needed to be that low, but that's where I had to go in order to get my tub drain assembly (Kohler K-7160, right...

Just to recap (and simplify) my open questions: I want to install a tub spout, mixing valve and shower head, all right where the vent stack is. 1) I'd like to use 90's, but if I have to put them above the tub rim, it'll make it tough to squeeze the pipe for the tub spout in there (but maybe...