nc8861
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I've pulled out everything in our bath remodel, down to the subfloor & studs. We had a 60" x 32ish" shower with center drain on a 30 yr old mud bed. No membrane, and eventually the water got through.
Around the drain is really nasty - lots of concrete stuck to the flange/drain. Pretty sure it's ABS type pipe. Definitely will have to come out. I'm figuring the easiest thing to do is to cut the floor out, cut out the trap, and put it back (I've already got a hole in the floor anyway that needs to be repaired). All the details in between I was hoping to get from you all....i.e. - glue type/couplings needed other pieces?/solid p trap/level or not/how high above subfloor does everything need to finish, and so on. Also, when putting everything back, do I need to glue up everything except the top drain/flange, THEN put down the plywood, THEN glue in the drain/flange? This would keep the hole a little tighter around the pipe. Any diagrams or stuff like that you can point me to would be great.
Thanks for any help!
Around the drain is really nasty - lots of concrete stuck to the flange/drain. Pretty sure it's ABS type pipe. Definitely will have to come out. I'm figuring the easiest thing to do is to cut the floor out, cut out the trap, and put it back (I've already got a hole in the floor anyway that needs to be repaired). All the details in between I was hoping to get from you all....i.e. - glue type/couplings needed other pieces?/solid p trap/level or not/how high above subfloor does everything need to finish, and so on. Also, when putting everything back, do I need to glue up everything except the top drain/flange, THEN put down the plywood, THEN glue in the drain/flange? This would keep the hole a little tighter around the pipe. Any diagrams or stuff like that you can point me to would be great.
Thanks for any help!