Sean35
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EDIT: meant to say shower base, no idea why I typed bed.
Hi all -- so I'm a novice, but I'm trying to learn everything I can so that I can do things right the first time, so please excuse anything I say that may sound stupid.
Story: House built in the 50s, purchased in 2013. The basement has a bathroom that was never updated (asbestos on the walls and ceiling, toilet that was manufactured when Eisenhower was president), other than that it appears the previous owner started work on either adding or renovating a shower. There is backer board, an old shower head and handles, and a sloped concrete floor leading to a drain, but there's no reason for me to believe that the shower had been used in the previous 30 years, if ever. I never used it except to test that water ran, but I decided in recent days that I should get to work on it. I cut off the drain, and when doing my research, sounds as if getting rid of the CI p-trap is a must. I started taking a rotary hammer to it this morning, and stopped after about 15-30 minutes when I started seeing sparks in areas where I didn't anticipate a pipe. Here is what I saw:
Hi all -- so I'm a novice, but I'm trying to learn everything I can so that I can do things right the first time, so please excuse anything I say that may sound stupid.
Story: House built in the 50s, purchased in 2013. The basement has a bathroom that was never updated (asbestos on the walls and ceiling, toilet that was manufactured when Eisenhower was president), other than that it appears the previous owner started work on either adding or renovating a shower. There is backer board, an old shower head and handles, and a sloped concrete floor leading to a drain, but there's no reason for me to believe that the shower had been used in the previous 30 years, if ever. I never used it except to test that water ran, but I decided in recent days that I should get to work on it. I cut off the drain, and when doing my research, sounds as if getting rid of the CI p-trap is a must. I started taking a rotary hammer to it this morning, and stopped after about 15-30 minutes when I started seeing sparks in areas where I didn't anticipate a pipe. Here is what I saw: