Oatey shower drain lower than tile.

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Call me Jobe

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Thanks for reading, new to the forum, and I appreciate all your help and advice.

I bought a house that had a lot of questionable remodeling done to it, and one of those problems is a floor drain that sits lower than the tile with grout over the top of it.

This Oatey model has a pop cover, so unfortunately I can't just use a simple height extending kit with screws [wish I could].

Once I remove the grout, pop off the cover, is there any adjustment that can made here, or do I just cut the floor drain off and start over and do it correctly?

Thanks again.

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What is the problem? Are you talking 1/2 inch, or what?
 

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It's not pretty but at least it is lower than the tile, not higher. There are no adjustments. If you want it leveled, you'll need a tool to cut the PVC drain pipe from the inside, replace the drain assembly and regrout, but you probably will need to break up some of the tile to get a new drain in plus some digging. If this is on a wooden floor it will be tricky to make it waterproof, if it is in concrete, much easier.

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So, that bumpy, smeary, gray stuff is grout! I'm sure I've seen that tile recently so do what Worth suggests. Personally, I would redo the entire bottom.
 

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A clamping drain has the top portion that holds the grate that is vertically adjustable but once it's installed in the mud bed, it usually ends up locked in place.

Grout can be made as a cement based material or epoxy or acrylic. All of them end up hard once cured. How smooth it ends up is dependent upon the skill of the installer. How smooth the texture depends on the type. Bigger joints then tend to be what is called a sanded grout which is rougher than an Unsanded.

if they did not install a liner and use a clamping drain, it should never have passed an inspection.
 
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