Can someone look at these tub specs for me?

[NavySuit]

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/1e/1e0bf4be-eb4e-445a-af11-9c22c8a69333.pdf


If I'm reading the spec sheet right, the rough in drain should be 2 inches from the sidewall. That is pretty much where the old plumbing is right now. For some reason, when I measure the this tub and other tubs at home depot, it looks more like that the drain is 8 or 9 inches from the lip of the tub. It may just be me trying to eyeball the tape measure. I just place the end of the tape measure in the middle of the drain hole, I then look down the back side of the tub.

Is it normal for the rough in drain to only be a couple of inches from the wall stud? What's the proper way to measure this, or should I just be going by the spec sheet?

 

[Bluebinky]

That 2 inches from the wall is probably going straight up to the overflow. The actual drain will take off from the vertical with a san-tee. (Like my avatar, but without the jog for the floor joist that was in the way).

 

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[NavySuit]

That 2 inches from the wall is probably going straight up to the overflow. The actual drain will take off from the vertical with a san-tee. (Like my avatar, but without the jog for the floor joist that was in the way).

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense now.

 

[hj]

You do NOT measure the tub to the drain hole in the bottom, you measure to where the overflow pipe would be, which IS about 2" from the wall.